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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 2010Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2010, 6:56 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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: May 19, 2010, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2010, 7:50 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

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 19, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 486 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 575 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.0

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The text

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

266 
WFUS54 KTSA 192356
TORTSA
OKC077-079-127-200100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0021.100519T2356Z-100520T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
656 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF ALBION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ALBION...BENGAL...FANSHAWE AND TALIHINA.

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 3501 9496 3481 9469 3461 9513 3470 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 228DEG 19KT 3468 9513

$$

2 follow-up statements

538 
WWUS54 KTSA 200005
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
705 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

OKC127-200016-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100520T0100Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
705 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3473 9518 3501 9496 3481 9469 3469 9495
      3469 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 228DEG 19KT 3473 9504

$$

OKC077-079-200100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100520T0100Z/
LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-
705 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

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

AT 704 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR TALIHINA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TALIHINA...BENGAL...SUMMERFIELD 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 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
LATIMER AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES.

&&

LAT...LON 3473 9518 3501 9496 3481 9469 3469 9495
      3469 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 228DEG 19KT 3473 9504

$$

345 
WWUS54 KTSA 200050
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
750 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

OKC077-079-200100-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100520T0100Z/
LE FLORE OK-LATIMER OK-
750 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER AND WESTERN LE FLORE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3473 9518 3501 9496 3481 9469 3469 9495
      3469 9498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 228DEG 19KT 3489 9483

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 2:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	40 hr
May 19, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	49 min
May 19, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	51 min
May 19, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington	65 min
May 19, 8:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	90 min
May 19, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	40 min
May 19, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Mayes	58 min
May 19, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	49 min
May 19, 9:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Wagoner	116 min
May 19, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Adair	23 hr
May 19, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	Cherokee	23 hr
May 19, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	TSA	LeFlore	23 hr
May 19, 9:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers	91 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	29 min
May 19, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	47 min
May 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	35 min
May 19, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	32 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	66 min
May 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	53 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.