Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2009, 1:53 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2009, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2009, 2:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dunbar, OK | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN NEAR DUNBAR. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 19.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 291853
TORTSA
OKC127-291945-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0039.091029T1853Z-091029T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
153 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ANTLERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ANTLERS...
KELLOND...MOYERS...KOSOMA...DUNBAR...SNOW AND STANLEY.
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 3421 9579 3452 9576 3452 9568 3459 9567
3450 9521 3416 9563 3416 9579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 212DEG 32KT 3421 9571
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 291905
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
205 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKC127-291945-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-091029T1945Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
205 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 203 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR KOSOMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...EUBANKS...
SNOW...DUNBAR AND STANLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 3424 9557 3426 9567 3428 9575 3452 9568
3459 9567 3450 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 206DEG 47KT 3440 9561
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 291923
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
223 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
OKC127-291933-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-091029T1945Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
223 PM CDT THU OCT 29 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM.
LAT...LON 3424 9557 3426 9567 3428 9575 3452 9568
3459 9567 3450 9521
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 206DEG 47KT 3461 9549
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 6:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Kay | 46 min |
| Oct 29, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 40 min |
| Oct 29, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Oct 29, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 44 min |
| Oct 29, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 58 min |
| Oct 29, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 52 min |
| Oct 29, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 41 min |
| Oct 29, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 35 min |
| Oct 29, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 61 min |
| Oct 29, 9:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 33 min |
| Oct 29, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 43 min |
| Oct 29, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 40 min |
| Oct 29, 11:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 117 min |
| Oct 29, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 11:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 29, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 47 min |
| Oct 29, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 23 min |
| Oct 29, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Oct 29, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 24 hr |
| Oct 29, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 44 min |
| Oct 29, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Oct 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 32 min |
| Oct 29, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 46 min |
| Oct 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 46 min |
| Oct 29, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 30 min |
| Oct 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.