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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 Ssw Wister, OK | |
| May 24, 10:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 W Hodgen, OK | BEGINNING 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 CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 S Wister, OK | |
| May 24, 10:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Hodgen, OK | SMALL BARN DESTROYED...MOBILE HOME SHIFTED OFF FOUNDATION...SEVEREAL TREES SNAPPED. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| May 24, 10:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Heavener, OK | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Howe, OK | MANY LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN. DAMAGE EXTENDS TO SOUTHWEST ABOUT 4 MILES. PROBABLE TORNADO. |
| May 24, 10:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Howe, OK | SEVERAL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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.
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.
| 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, 9:33 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, 10:25 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.