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Tornado Warning 118, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 8, 2011, 1:24 PM CST for LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 2011, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.
352 WFUS54 KTSA 081924 TORTSA OKC079-127-082000- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0118.111108T1924Z-111108T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 124 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 200 PM CST * AT 121 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WHITESBORO. 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 3485 9484 3470 9469 3460 9499 3465 9505 TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 231DEG 30KT 3464 9497 $$
2 follow-up statements
574 WWUS54 KTSA 081940 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 140 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 OKC127-081951- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0118.000000T0000Z-111108T2000Z/ PUSHMATAHA OK- 140 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3467 9487 3471 9491 3485 9484 3470 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 231DEG 30KT 3473 9484 $$ OKC079-082000- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0118.000000T0000Z-111108T2000Z/ LE FLORE OK- 140 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY... AT 138 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WHITESBORO...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 3467 9487 3471 9491 3485 9484 3470 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 231DEG 30KT 3473 9484 $$
502 WWUS54 KTSA 081957 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 157 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 OKC079-082007- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0118.000000T0000Z-111108T2000Z/ LE FLORE OK- 157 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 200 PM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. LAT...LON 3467 9487 3471 9491 3485 9484 3470 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 231DEG 30KT 3481 9471 $$
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, 12:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 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.