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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 9:27 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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, 9:27 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Gowen, OK | SEVERAL PINE TREES BROKEN OFF HALF WAY UP. |
| May 24, 9:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Red Oak, OK | INVESTIGATED BY PERSON IN ATV IN SAN BOIS MOUNTAINS. NO ROADS. 100 OR MORE TREES DOWN OR SNAPPED. WIDTH OF DAMAGE ESTIMATED 200 TO 400 YARDS IN PLACES. LENGTH OF DAMAGE MORE THAN 2 MILES...BUT COULD NOT REACH THE START OR END. TREES LAYING BOTH TOWARD THE SOUT |
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, 2.5 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
- 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.
775
WFUS54 KTSA 250227
TORTSA
OKC061-077-121-250315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0090.110525T0227Z-110525T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
927 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NORTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 926 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF WILBURTON...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WILBURTON...RED OAK AND LEQUIRE.
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 3496 9560 3521 9501 3500 9492 3497 9493
3481 9549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 248DEG 33KT 3491 9546
$$2 follow-up statements
966
WWUS54 KTSA 250243
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
943 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC121-250254-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0315Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
943 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3501 9548 3503 9544 3503 9536 3506 9535
3507 9534 3521 9501 3502 9493 3498 9493
3496 9497 3485 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 248DEG 33KT 3497 9528
$$
OKC061-077-250315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0315Z/
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
943 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
LATIMER AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
AT 939 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WILBURTON...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PANOLA...
RED OAK AND LEQUIRE.
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 9548 3503 9544 3503 9536 3506 9535
3507 9534 3521 9501 3502 9493 3498 9493
3496 9497 3485 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 248DEG 33KT 3497 9528
$$109
WWUS54 KTSA 250258
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
OKC061-077-250315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110525T0315Z/
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LATIMER AND SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
AT 953 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF RED OAK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH
STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT
ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RED OAK
AND LEQUIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3493 9515 3507 9529 3521 9501 3502 9493
3498 9493 3496 9497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 248DEG 33KT 3503 9514
$$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, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 46 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.