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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2011, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
795 WFUS54 KTSA 250354 TORTSA ARC007-143-OKC001-250430- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0095.110525T0354Z-110525T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1054 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 1051 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SPRINGTOWN...HIGHFILL AND TONTITOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3633 9436 3616 9415 3602 9453 3609 9461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 232DEG 36KT 3609 9449 $$
1 follow-up statement
246 WWUS54 KTSA 250422 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1122 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ARC007-143-OKC001-250432- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110525T0430Z/ BENTON AR-WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK- 1122 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ADAIR...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1130 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3633 9436 3616 9415 3602 9453 3609 9461 TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 232DEG 36KT 3626 9422 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 12 hr |
| May 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Benton | 43 min |
| May 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 26 min |
| May 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 67 min |
| May 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 49 min |
| May 24, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 42 min |
| May 24, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 92 min |
| May 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Sebastian | 29 min |
| May 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 34 min |
| May 24, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 2 hr |
| May 24, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Benton, Carroll | 112 min |
| May 25, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Carroll | 12 hr |
| 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, 9:55 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, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.