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Tornado Warning 117, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2011, 12:57 PM CST for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2011, 12:57 PM CST (18:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2011, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 10:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
353
WFUS54 KTSA 081857
TORTSA
OKC127-081930-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0117.111108T1857Z-111108T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1257 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 130 PM CST
* AT 1256 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY...
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 3445 9516 3452 9523 3468 9506 3468 9494
3466 9494 3451 9494 3450 9498 3450 9504
3448 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 231DEG 34KT 3450 9517
$$1 follow-up statement
353
WWUS54 KTSA 081915
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
115 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
OKC127-081930-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0117.000000T0000Z-111108T1930Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
115 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 113 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3453 9506 3459 9512 3468 9506 3468 9494
3454 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 231DEG 30KT 3459 9504
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 7:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 42 min |
| Nov 7, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 63 min |
| Nov 7, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 59 min |
| Nov 7, 9:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 10:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 63 min |
| Nov 7, 10:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 11:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 12:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 54 min |
| Nov 8, 1:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 54 min |
| Nov 8, 1:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 53 min |
| Nov 8, 1:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 65 min |
| Nov 8, 2:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Nov 8, 3:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh and 11 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Nov 8, 8:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 3 hr |
| Nov 8, 8:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Nov 8, 9:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| Nov 8, 10:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Nov 8, 10:10 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 10:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Nov 8, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Nov 8, 10:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 54 min |
| Nov 8, 11:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Nov 8, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 37 min |
| Nov 8, 12:19 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 41 min |
| Nov 8, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 31 min |
| Nov 8, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 23 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 41 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:42 PM CST | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 6 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.