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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 6:49 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 4 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 24, 2011, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Nw Hominy, OK | BEGINNING POINT OF A 17 MILE LONG TORNADO THAT BLEW DOWN POWER POLES AND TREES. RATED EF-2. |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Pawhuska, OK | HOUSE DESTROYED AND TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. ABOUT ONE MILE FROM AIRPORT. |
| May 24, 7:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Pawhuska, OK | TREES REPORTED DOWN FROM THE WIND. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Pawhuska, OK | 10 INCH TREES DOWN AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 60 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388
WFUS54 KTSA 242349
TORTSA
OKC113-117-250030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0082.110524T2349Z-110525T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 645 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
FAIRFAX...WYNONA...PAWHUSKA...PEARSONIA AND BARNSDALL.
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 3654 9599 3634 9664 3648 9680 3701 9647
3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 227DEG 37KT 3649 9662
$$1 follow-up statement
500
WWUS54 KTSA 250005
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
705 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC113-117-250030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110525T0030Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
705 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND
OSAGE COUNTIES...
AT 702 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
WYNONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH
STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT
ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WYNONA...
PERSHING...PAWHUSKA...PEARSONIA...NELAGONEY...BARNSDALL...TALLANT AND
WOLCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 3654 9599 3634 9664 3648 9680 3701 9647
3700 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 227DEG 39KT 3661 9646
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 46 min |
| May 23, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 46 min |
| May 23, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 24 hr |
| May 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah and 1 more | 116 min |
| May 23, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| May 23, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 49 min |
| May 23, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 41 min |
| May 23, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 33 min |
| May 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 56 min |
| May 23, 9:53 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 42 min |
| May 23, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 45 min |
| May 23, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| May 24, 12:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 3 more | 12 hr |
| May 24, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 33 min |
| May 24, 1:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 10 hr |
| May 24, 1:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 7 hr |
| May 24, 1:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 13 hr |
| May 24, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 44 hr |
| May 24, 8:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 13 hr |
| May 24, 11:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore and 8 more | 48 hr |
| May 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 67 min |
| May 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 67 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.