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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clayton, OK | A FEW LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. MANY SMALL LIMBS BROKEN AND DOWN. |
| May 24, 10:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Talihina, OK | |
| May 24, 10:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Talihina, OK | LIGHT 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.
| 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
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 48 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.