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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min. 5 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Clayton, OK | BARN HEAVILY DAMAGED. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 9:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Nashoba, OK | |
| Apr 14, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Tuskahoma, OK | LARGE TREES DOWN ON US 271 AND 4 STAR ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 9:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Nashoba, OK | 2 HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ON NOLIA LOOP ROAD EAST OF NASHOBA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Octavia, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 4948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
609
WFUS54 KTSA 150226
TORTSA
OKC077-079-127-150330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.110415T0226Z-110415T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
926 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 922 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTH OF SNOW...ALSO MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE ARE
DANGEROUS STORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...TORNADOES ARE
OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...YANUSH...TUSKAHOMA...NASHOBA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...
TALIHINA...WHITESBORO...MUSE...OCTAVIA AND BIG CEDAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE!
&&
LAT...LON 3466 9551 3491 9445 3462 9445 3450 9446
3451 9504 3437 9504 3436 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 259DEG 38KT 3459 9537
$$2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS54 KTSA 150257
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
957 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
OKC077-079-127-150330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110415T0330Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
957 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 954 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR KIAMICHI...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG LOW
LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TALIHINA...HONOBIA...WHITESBORO...MUSE...OCTAVIA...HODGEN AND BIG
CEDAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3466 9551 3491 9445 3462 9445 3450 9446
3451 9504 3437 9504 3436 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 262DEG 38KT 3458 9508
$$939
WWUS54 KTSA 150313
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1013 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
OKC077-079-127-150330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110415T0330Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
1013 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND SOUTHERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...
AT 1008 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HONOBIA...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG LOW
LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MUSE...
OCTAVIA...BIG CEDAR AND HODGEN.
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 3436 9546 3439 9547 3472 9527 3491 9445
3462 9445 3450 9446 3451 9504 3437 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 262DEG 38KT 3461 9486
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 55 min |
| Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 63 min |
| Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Apr 14, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 14, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 58 min |
| Apr 14, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Apr 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 10:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 114 min |
| Apr 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 19 min |
| Apr 15, 4:12 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Creek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee and 10 more | 21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.