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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 8:06 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ashland, OK | MANY LARGE LIMBS BROKEN BY WIND. TREES AND LIMBS HAD TO CLEARED FROM ROADS JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF ASHLAND. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 2867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 602 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 44.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072
WFUS54 KTSA 250106
TORTSA
OKC121-250145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0086.110525T0106Z-110525T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
806 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 804 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ASHLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ASHLAND...KIOWA AND HAYWOOD.
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 3501 9610 3506 9605 3469 9574 3464 9589
3468 9589 3468 9609 3468 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 226DEG 35KT 3462 9632
$$1 follow-up statement
132
WWUS54 KTSA 250122
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
822 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC121-250145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110525T0145Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
822 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
PITTSBURG COUNTY...
AT 819 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ASHLAND...
KIOWA...PITTSBURG...HAYWOOD AND ARPELAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3501 9610 3506 9605 3469 9574 3464 9589
3468 9589 3468 9609 3468 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 226DEG 35KT 3469 9609
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 56 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more | 48 min |
| May 24, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 31 min |
| May 24, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 43 min |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 40 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more | 66 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 5 hr |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 43 min |
| May 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 47 min |
| May 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 26 min |
| May 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 49 min |
| May 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| May 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 34 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.