Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2012, 9:16 AM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 min. 4 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
- Apr 15, 2012, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Tahlequah, OK | PATH OF SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE, WITH SOME HOME DAMAGE, EXTENDING FROM CARTERS LANDING, NORTHEAST TOWARD ETTABEND, ACROSS HWY 51 NEAR TITANIC. PROBABLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 15, 9:20 AM CDT | TORNADO | Eldon, OK | EMERGENCY MANAGER FLEW TRACK OF TORNADO IN SOUTHEAST CHEROKEE COUNTY WITH KOTV...STARTING NEAR CARTERS LANDING AND ENDING NORTHEAST OF ELDON A SHORT DISTANCE. PATH WIDTH ABOUT 100 YARDS WIDE. BROKEN PATH OF DAMAGE WITH MULTIPLE TOUCHDOWNS SEEN. NO INJURIES REP |
| Apr 15, 9:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se Tahlequah, OK | TREE DAMAGE ON EAST SIDE OF TENKILLER LAKE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 15, 9:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Eldon, OK | AT HWY 51 AND COUNTY LINE. MOBILE HOME, BARN, AND TREE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756
WFUS54 KTSA 151416
TORTSA
OKC001-021-151445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0010.120415T1416Z-120415T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
916 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 913 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF COOKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHEROKEE
LANDING STATE PARK...ELDON...MARIETTA...STILWELL...PROCTOR...ADAIR
STATE PARK...WESTVILLE...CHRISTIE AND BARON.
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 3595 9452 3587 9451 3563 9495 3564 9501
3575 9513 3610 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 231DEG 39KT 3574 9496
$$2 follow-up statements
359
WWUS54 KTSA 151428
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
928 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
OKC001-021-151445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120415T1445Z/
CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK-
928 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ADAIR AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 924 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CHEROKEE
LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR
COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ELDON...
PROCTOR...CHRISTIE...WESTVILLE AND BARON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3609 9464 3605 9459 3596 9453 3571 9485
3584 9501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 225DEG 41KT 3584 9485
$$869 WWUS54 KTSA 151436 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 936 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 OKC001-021-151445- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120415T1445Z/ CHEROKEE OK-ADAIR OK- 936 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN ADAIR AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES... AT 934 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR ELDON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PROCTOR AND CHRISTIE. 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! HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 3599 9457 3577 9479 3588 9496 3606 9468 TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 218DEG 37KT 3590 9481 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:40 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 5:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 55 min |
| Apr 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 6:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 9:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 7 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.