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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2010, 7:36 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports 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, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Rentiesville, OK | TORNADO REPORTED 2 SOUTH OF RENTIESVILLE. RAIN WRAPPED. |
| May 10, 7:41 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Oktaha, OK | NOT MANY STONES NICKLE TO QUARTER IN SIZE. |
| May 10, 8:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Braggs, OK | AT BREWERS BEND CAMPGROUND...TRAILER TURNED OVER TRAPPING A COUPLE. LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON VEHICLES. THREE INJURED. PROBABLE TORNADO. |
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 |
| May 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
325
WFUS54 KTSA 110036
TORTSA
OKC091-101-111-110115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0009.100511T0036Z-100511T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
736 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING
A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF COUNCIL HILL...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER
NOW!
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BOYNTON...BRAGGS...CHECOTAH...COUNCIL HILL...KEEFETON...MUSKOGEE...
OKTAHA...PORUM...PUMPKIN CENTER...RENTIESVILLE...WARNER AND WEBBERS
FALLS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND 287.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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 3564 9574 3582 9514 3565 9512 3554 9513
3550 9511 3540 9510 3538 9515 3537 9514
3534 9518 3541 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 252DEG 44KT 3549 9560
$$1 follow-up statement
933
WWUS54 KTSA 110045
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
OKC091-101-111-110115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100511T0115Z/
OKMULGEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-MCINTOSH OK-
745 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE AND
EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES CONTINUES...
AT 741 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGIST AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED NEAR
CHECOTAH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A LARGE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SUMMIT...
KEEFETON...MUSKOGEE...WARNER...PORUM...BRAGGS...WEBBERS FALLS AND
PUMPKIN CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND 287.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE AND EASTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES.
&&
LAT...LON 3564 9574 3582 9514 3565 9512 3554 9513
3550 9511 3540 9510 3538 9515 3537 9514
3534 9518 3541 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 261DEG 43KT 3549 9546
$$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, 7:41 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.