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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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 12, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2009, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 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 12, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2977 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 130357
TORTSA
OKC091-107-111-130430-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.090613T0357Z-090613T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1057 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
WILSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILSON...
PHAROAH...SCHULTER...HENRYETTA...DEWAR...GRAYSON AND HOFFMAN.
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 3564 9612 3544 9574 3527 9578 3530 9609
3551 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 310DEG 19KT 3551 9610
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 130408
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1108 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
OKC091-107-111-130430-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090613T0430Z/
OKMULGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
1108 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES...
AT 1108 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WILSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCHULTER...
BRYANT...HENRYETTA AND DEWAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE
&&
LAT...LON 3547 9617 3558 9605 3544 9574 3527 9578
3530 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 307DEG 18KT 3548 9605
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 130426
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1126 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
OKC091-107-111-130436-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090613T0430Z/
OKMULGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
1126 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MCINTOSH...SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE
AND SOUTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1130 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM NO LONGER APPEARS TO HAVE A TORNADO THREAT
AND...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM.
LAT...LON 3547 9617 3558 9605 3544 9574 3527 9578
3530 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 307DEG 18KT 3543 9596
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Jun 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 52 min |
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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.