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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2010Creek County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

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.

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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
May 10, 7:43 PM CDTTORNADO7 Ne Okemah, OKTORNADO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:25 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1789 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 00:00Z on 2010-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 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
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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee28 min
May 10, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington35 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee39 min
May 10, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg64 min
May 10, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Nowata55 min
May 10, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah51 min
May 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw60 min
May 10, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah42 min
May 10, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg52 min
May 10, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg35 min
May 10, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg51 min
May 10, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha50 min
May 10, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore56 min
May 10, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha27 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.