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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2011Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 9:33 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 9:49 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGClayton, OKA FEW LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. MANY SMALL LIMBS BROKEN AND DOWN.
May 24, 10:08 PM CDTHAIL 14 S Talihina, OK
May 24, 10:08 PM CDTHAIL 1Talihina, OKLIGHT TREE DAMAGE FROM ABOUT 3 SOUTH OF TALIHINA TO ABOUT 3 EAST OF TALIHINA AND CROSSING TALIHINA DRIVE ABOTU 7 MILES EAST OF TALIHINA. NO LARGE LIMBS.

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
May 24, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 334 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

764 
WFUS54 KTSA 250233
TORTSA
OKC077-079-127-250315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0091.110525T0233Z-110525T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
933 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STANLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLAYTON...TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...TALIHINA AND WHITESBORO.

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 3485 9494 3458 9484 3447 9558 3458 9556
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 245DEG 43KT 3454 9543

$$
2 follow-up statements
652 
WWUS54 KTSA 250242 RRA
SVSTSA

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

OKC077-079-127-250315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110525T0315Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
942 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...

AT 939 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
TUSKAHOMA...KIAMICHI...ALBION...TALIHINA AND WHITESBORO.

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 3450 9543 3459 9554 3485 9494 3458 9484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 245DEG 43KT 3461 9532

$$
671 
WWUS54 KTSA 250259
SVSTSA

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

OKC077-079-127-250315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110525T0315Z/
LE FLORE OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-LATIMER OK-
959 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA AND WESTERN LE FLORE COUNTIES...

AT 958 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR KIAMICHI...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
KIAMICHI...ALBION...TALIHINA AND WHITESBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF 
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO 
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3458 9519 3466 9539 3485 9494 3458 9484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 245DEG 43KT 3466 9522

$$

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, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington31 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, 9:42 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.