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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 29, 2009Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 29, 2:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGDunbar, OKMULTIPLE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 29, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1863 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 6:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAKay46 min
Oct 29, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee40 min
Oct 29, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee50 min
Oct 29, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage, Pawnee44 min
Oct 29, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee44 min
Oct 29, 8:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa58 min
Oct 29, 8:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee52 min
Oct 29, 8:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWashington41 min
Oct 29, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington35 min
Oct 29, 9:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Tulsa50 min
Oct 29, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa61 min
Oct 29, 9:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner3 hr
Oct 29, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa33 min
Oct 29, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa43 min
Oct 29, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee40 min
Oct 29, 11:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner117 min
Oct 29, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg50 min
Oct 29, 11:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more4 hr
Oct 29, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner50 min
Oct 29, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee47 min
Oct 29, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner39 min
Oct 29, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee23 min
Oct 29, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha61 min
Oct 29, 1:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek24 hr
Oct 29, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes44 min
Oct 29, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw23 min
Oct 29, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer32 min
Oct 29, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer39 min
Oct 29, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware46 min
Oct 29, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah46 min
Oct 29, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa30 min
Oct 29, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore42 min
Oct 29, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair23 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.