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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 7:28 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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, 7:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Ne Okemah, OK | TORNADO SIGHTED AND TREES DOWN. RELAYED FROM OUN. |
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, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580
WFUS54 KTSA 110028
TORTSA
OKC037-107-111-110115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.100511T0028Z-100511T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEGGS...
CASTLE...GRAYSON...HOFFMAN...MORRIS...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...
PRESTON...SCHULTER...WELTY AND WILSON.
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 3583 9586 3554 9582 3547 9583 3547 9588
3546 9642 3565 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 260DEG 43KT 3552 9634
$$3 follow-up statements
649
WWUS54 KTSA 110036
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
736 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
OKC037-107-111-110115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100511T0115Z/
OKMULGEE OK-CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
736 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OKFUSKEE...SOUTHERN CREEK AND
CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTIES CONTINUES...
AT 733 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR MASON...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG LOW
LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
OKFUSKEE...WILSON...BEGGS...SCHULTER...PRESTON...OKMULGEE...
GRAYSON...HOFFMAN AND MORRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OKFUSKEE...SOUTHERN CREEK AND CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTIES.
&&
LAT...LON 3583 9586 3554 9582 3547 9584 3546 9637
3567 9638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 259DEG 39KT 3555 9627
$$024
WWUS54 KTSA 110046
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
746 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
OKC037-110056-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100511T0115Z/
CREEK OK-
746 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3565 9621 3565 9619 3568 9619 3571 9617
3583 9586 3554 9582 3547 9584 3548 9622
3562 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 259DEG 39KT 3557 9614
$$
OKC107-111-110115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100511T0115Z/
OKMULGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
746 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OKFUSKEE AND CENTRAL OKMULGEE
COUNTIES CONTINUES...
AT 741 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 10 MILES
WEST OF WILSON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM HAS
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILSON...
BEGGS...SCHULTER...PRESTON...OKMULGEE...GRAYSON...HOFFMAN AND MORRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
OKFUSKEE AND CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTIES.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 9621 3565 9619 3568 9619 3571 9617
3583 9586 3554 9582 3547 9584 3548 9622
3562 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 259DEG 39KT 3557 9614
$$650
WWUS54 KTSA 110113
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
OKC107-111-110123-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100511T0115Z/
OKMULGEE OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
813 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OKFUSKEE AND CENTRAL OKMULGEE
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 3565 9621 3565 9619 3568 9619 3571 9617
3583 9586 3554 9582 3547 9584 3548 9622
3562 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 259DEG 39KT 3563 9579
$$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, 7:36 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, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 51 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.