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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2010Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 9:09 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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: May 10, 2010, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
May 10, 9:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Red Oak, OK

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
May 10, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 6.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

623 
WFUS54 KTSA 110209
TORTSA
OKC077-079-121-110300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0013.100511T0209Z-100511T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF HIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BENGAL...DAMON...FANSHAWE...HIGGINS...RED OAK...TALIHINA AND
  WILBURTON.

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 3481 9553 3498 9554 3506 9482 3469 9500
      3469 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 266DEG 31KT 3491 9542

$$

2 follow-up statements

316 
WWUS54 KTSA 110217
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
917 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

OKC121-110227-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100511T0300Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
917 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3485 9545 3499 9539 3506 9482 3469 9500
      3469 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 266DEG 31KT 3491 9529

$$

OKC077-079-110300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100511T0300Z/
LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-
917 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LATIMER AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES
CONTINUES...

AT 913 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WILBURTON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PANOLA...
RED OAK...BENGAL...TALIHINA AND FANSHAWE.

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!

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR LATIMER AND
WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 9545 3499 9539 3506 9482 3469 9500
      3469 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 266DEG 31KT 3491 9529

$$

221 
WWUS54 KTSA 110255
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
955 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

OKC077-079-110304-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100511T0300Z/
LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-
955 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LATIMER AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 1000 PM CDT...

THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED AND SHIFTED EAST...THEREFORE THE 
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM.

LAT...LON 3485 9545 3499 9539 3506 9482 3469 9500
      3469 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 266DEG 31KT 3493 9490

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	28 min
May 10, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Washington	35 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	39 min
May 10, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	64 min
May 10, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	55 min
May 10, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	51 min
May 10, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	60 min
May 10, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	42 min
May 10, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
May 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	35 min
May 10, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	50 min
May 10, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore	56 min
May 10, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	27 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.