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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 30, 2012Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2012, 9:58 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 30, 2012, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2012-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

444 
WFUS54 KTSA 010258
TORTSA
OKC035-010330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0019.120501T0258Z-120501T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
958 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 956 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN CRAIG COUNTY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY...

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 3700 9517 3691 9535 3692 9541 3701 9538
      3701 9530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 223DEG 12KT 3695 9536

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSANowata27 min
Apr 30, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington52 min
Apr 30, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMuskogee42 min
Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata66 min
Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata43 min
Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata39 min
Apr 30, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata23 min
Apr 30, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Nowata37 min
Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington44 min
Apr 30, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata67 min
Apr 30, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig15 min
Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata62 min
Apr 30, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig62 min
Apr 30, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee71 min
Apr 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig60 min
Apr 30, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee42 min
Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee4 hr
Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee37 min
Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek48 min
Apr 30, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee63 min
Apr 30, 11:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata3 hr
Apr 30, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig32 min
May 1, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington56 min
May 1, 12:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa49 min
May 1, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata9 min
May 1, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Washington56 min
May 1, 12:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee49 min
May 1, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers76 min
May 1, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner58 min
May 1, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee37 min
May 1, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes53 min
May 1, 1:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers5 hr
May 1, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee50 min
May 1, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg39 min
May 1, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa, Wagoner45 min
May 1, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa27 min
May 1, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair49 min
May 1, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Sequoyah43 min
May 1, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair47 min
May 1, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, LeFlore45 min
May 1, 6:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa10 hr
May 1, 8:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa25 hr
May 1, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington24 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.