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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2009, 7:10 PM CDT for Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2009, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3767 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 110010 TORTSA ARC033-143-OKC001-135-110100- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0028.090611T0010Z-090611T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 710 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF NATURAL DAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NATURAL DAM... LEE CREEK...STRICKLER...BLACKBURN...WINSLOW AND WEST FORK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS && LAT...LON 3595 9419 3576 9405 3555 9454 3571 9463 TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 240DEG 34KT 3566 9455 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 110022 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 722 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 OKC001-135-110032- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090611T0100Z/ ADAIR OK-SEQUOYAH OK- 722 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SEQUOYAH AND SOUTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3559 9446 3578 9450 3595 9419 3576 9405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 240DEG 34KT 3571 9445 $$ ARC033-143-110100- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090611T0100Z/ WASHINGTON AR-CRAWFORD AR- 722 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 721 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ODELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ODELL...LEE CREEK...STRICKLER...BLACKBURN...WINSLOW...MOUNT GAYLER...WOOLSEY AND WEST FORK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3559 9446 3578 9450 3595 9419 3576 9405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 240DEG 34KT 3571 9445 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 110046 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 746 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ARC033-143-110055- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-090611T0100Z/ WASHINGTON AR-CRAWFORD AR- 746 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 830 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3559 9446 3578 9450 3595 9419 3576 9405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 240DEG 34KT 3582 9421 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 76 min |
| Jun 10, 7:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 42 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 78 min |
| Jun 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 49 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.