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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 9:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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, 9:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Wagoner, OK | SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. METAL STORAGE BUILDING DAMAGED. |
| May 24, 9:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Wagoner, OK | POWER FLASHES REPORTED EAST OF WAGONER. TORNADO REPORTED OBSERVED. |
| May 24, 9:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Wagoner, OK | 30 HOMES DAMAGED. 10 DESTROYED. |
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 |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906
WFUS54 KTSA 250214
TORTSA
OKC021-041-097-145-250300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0089.110525T0214Z-110525T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
914 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 912 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAGONER...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEGGS...
LOCUST GROVE...ROSE...LEACH...OAKS...TWIN OAKS AND KANSAS.
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 3641 9487 3616 9476 3616 9480 3613 9480
3587 9542 3601 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 235DEG 47KT 3600 9539
$$2 follow-up statements
780
WWUS54 KTSA 250219
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
919 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC021-041-097-145-250300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110525T0300Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-WAGONER OK-
919 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WAGONER...SOUTHEASTERN MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN
CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 916 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WAGONER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAZIE...
LOST CITY...MURPHY...PEGGS...LOCUST GROVE...ROSE...LEACH...OAKS...
TWIN OAKS AND KANSAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3641 9487 3616 9476 3616 9480 3613 9480
3587 9542 3601 9555
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 238DEG 46KT 3598 9529
$$233
WWUS54 KTSA 250241
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
941 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC145-250251-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110525T0300Z/
WAGONER OK-
941 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3616 9476 3616 9480 3613 9480 3606 9506
3620 9519 3641 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 238DEG 46KT 3615 9499
$$
OKC021-041-097-250300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110525T0300Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
941 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 939 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
ROSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEACH...
OAKS...TWIN OAKS AND KANSAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3616 9476 3616 9480 3613 9480 3606 9506
3620 9519 3641 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 238DEG 46KT 3615 9499
$$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, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 39 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, 9:27 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.