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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2010McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 7:40 PM CDTTORNADO2 S Rentiesville, OKTORNADO REPORTED 2 SOUTH OF RENTIESVILLE. RAIN WRAPPED.
May 10, 7:41 PM CDTHAIL 1Oktaha, OKNOT MANY STONES NICKLE TO QUARTER IN SIZE.
May 10, 8:08 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 S Braggs, OKAT 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 1:25 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr
May 10, 5:00 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 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.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee28 min
May 10, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata, Washington35 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee47 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.