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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2011Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 10:13 PM CDT for Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 7 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, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 10:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Ssw Wister, OK
May 24, 10:44 PM CDTTORNADO5 W Hodgen, OKBEGINNING POINT OF A 12 MILE LONG TORNADO THAT DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME AND DAMAGED SEVERAL OTHERS. ALSO DAMAGED PERMANENT HOMES...AND SNAPPED OR UPROOTED MANY TREES. RATED EF-2.
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 S Wister, OK
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 W Hodgen, OKSMALL BARN DESTROYED...MOBILE HOME SHIFTED OFF FOUNDATION...SEVEREAL TREES SNAPPED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 24, 10:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHeavener, OKSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
May 24, 10:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHowe, OKMANY LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE EXTENDS TO SOUTHWEST ABOUT 4 MILES. PROBABLE TORNADO.
May 24, 10:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHowe, OKSEVERAL TREES DOWN.

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, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1213 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
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

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The text

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

130 
WFUS54 KTSA 250313
TORTSA
OKC077-079-250400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0093.110525T0313Z-110525T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1013 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1007 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALIHINA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WISTER...HEAVENER AND HOWE.

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!

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE!

&&

LAT...LON 3476 9519 3514 9444 3490 9444 3467 9502
      3468 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 241DEG 41KT 3473 9503

$$
1 follow-up statement
943 
WWUS54 KTSA 250345
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

OKC077-250353-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110525T0400Z/
LATIMER OK-
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3486 9490 3506 9450 3497 9444 3490 9444
      3475 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 241DEG 41KT 3482 9475

$$

OKC079-250400-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110525T0400Z/
LE FLORE OK-
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LE
FLORE COUNTY...

AT 1039 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISTER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF HODGEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. 

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HODGEN...
HEAVENER AND HOWE.

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!

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL 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 3486 9490 3506 9450 3497 9444 3490 9444
      3475 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 241DEG 41KT 3482 9475

$$

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, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 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, 10:25 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.