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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2011, 1:18 PM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 16, 2011, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Bigheart, OK | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE BOWRING AREA. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955
WFUS54 KTSA 161818
TORTSA
OKC113-147-161845-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0101.110616T1818Z-110616T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
118 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 114 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HULAH...
COPAN AND DEWEY.
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 3692 9581 3679 9581 3673 9582 3683 9615
3694 9614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 289DEG 31KT 3687 9607
$$3 follow-up statements
245
WWUS54 KTSA 161830
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
OKC113-147-161845-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110616T1845Z/
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
130 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON
AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 127 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HULAH...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COPAN AND
DEWEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3683 9609 3693 9607 3692 9581 3679 9581
3673 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 293DEG 19KT 3686 9603
$$372
WWUS54 KTSA 161839
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
139 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
OKC113-161849-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110616T1845Z/
OSAGE OK-
139 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3692 9581 3679 9581 3673 9582 3680 9600
3692 9600 3693 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 293DEG 19KT 3683 9596
$$
OKC147-161845-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110616T1845Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
139 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 135 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR DEWEY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DEWEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3692 9581 3679 9581 3673 9582 3680 9600
3692 9600 3693 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 293DEG 19KT 3683 9596
$$099
WWUS54 KTSA 161843
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
143 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
OKC147-161852-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110616T1845Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
143 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 PM CDT...
THE CIRCULATION THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE
THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3692 9581 3679 9581 3673 9582 3680 9600
3692 9600 3693 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 293DEG 19KT 3682 9594
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage and 3 more | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Sequoyah and 1 more | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 7:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 15 min |
| Jun 16, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Kay | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 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.