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Tornado Warning 83, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2011Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
May 24, 2011, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 7:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBartlesville, OKFRANK PHILLIPS AND VIRGINIA AVE. CHURCH DAMAGED. HOSPITAL ALSO DAMAGED AT FRANK PHILLIPS NEAR HWY 75.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 12:47 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

939 
WFUS54 KTSA 250029
TORTSA
OKC113-147-250100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0083.110525T0029Z-110525T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 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 800 PM CDT

* AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIGHEART...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...OKESA...
  BIGHEART...BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...HULAH AND COPAN.

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 3700 9608 3700 9580 3699 9579 3694 9579
      3694 9581 3679 9581 3676 9582 3665 9630
      3678 9645 3701 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 227DEG 39KT 3678 9628

$$
1 follow-up statement
010 
WWUS54 KTSA 250039
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
739 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

OKC113-147-250100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110525T0100Z/
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
739 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON
AND NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 738 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR BIGHEART...
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...
BARTLESVILLE...DEWEY...HULAH AND COPAN.

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 3690 9633 3701 9625 3700 9608 3700 9580
      3699 9579 3694 9579 3694 9581 3679 9581
      3676 9582 3668 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 227DEG 39KT 3685 9618

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington56 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more48 min
May 24, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee39 min
May 24, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
May 24, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner40 min
May 24, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg39 min
May 24, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers6 hr
May 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner40 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more66 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha63 min
May 24, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner5 hr
May 24, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw64 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner46 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg48 min
May 24, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 min
May 24, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa48 min
May 24, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes43 min
May 24, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg65 min
May 24, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore47 min
May 24, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware65 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee26 min
May 24, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 24, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah67 min
May 24, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair36 min
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore49 min
May 24, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair42 min
May 24, 11:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah33 min
May 24, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah34 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.