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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 5:36 PM CDT for Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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 19, 2013, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Drumright, OK |
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 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
180 WFUS54 KTSA 192236 TORTSA OKC037-117-192330- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0010.130519T2236Z-130519T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 536 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF CARNEY IN NORTHERN LINCOL COUNTY AT 513 PM...AND ANOTHER TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SHAMROCK...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON AND TERLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3625 9639 3594 9630 3587 9662 3615 9663 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 239DEG 30KT 3590 9684 $$
5 follow-up statements
443 WWUS54 KTSA 192247 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 547 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-117-192330- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T2330Z/ CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK- 547 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 544 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF DRUMRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AT 513 PM ...AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SHAMROCK...DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...SILVER CITY AND TERLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3625 9639 3594 9630 3587 9662 3615 9663 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 235DEG 33KT 3598 9672 $$
285 WWUS54 KTSA 192300 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-117-192330- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T2330Z/ CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK- 600 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 558 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRUMRIGHT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER IT REMAINS DANGEROUS AND A TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OILTON... SILVER CITY AND TERLTON. 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 3593 9662 3615 9663 3625 9639 3600 9632 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 235DEG 33KT 3602 9661 $$
114 WWUS54 KTSA 192313 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 613 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-117-192330- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T2330Z/ CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK- 613 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND NORTHERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 610 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...HOWEVER IT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND REMAINS DANGEROUS. ALSO...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNED STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TERLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3604 9660 3615 9658 3625 9639 3608 9635 TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 234DEG 32KT 3611 9652 $$
261 WWUS54 KTSA 192321 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 621 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-117-192330- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T2330Z/ CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK- 621 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EASTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TERLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SLOWLY WEAKEN...HOWEVER IT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS. 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 3611 9648 3617 9652 3625 9639 3611 9636 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 234DEG 32KT 3615 9645 $$
211 WWUS54 KTSA 192326 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 626 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-117-192336- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130519T2330Z/ CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK- 626 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PAWNEE AND NORTHERN CREEK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. LAT...LON 3611 9648 3617 9652 3625 9639 3611 9636 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 234DEG 32KT 3618 9640 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 18, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 56 min |
| May 19, 12:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 48 min |
| May 19, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 38 min |
| May 19, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 27 min |
| May 19, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 28 min |
| May 19, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 37 min |
| May 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 80 min |
| May 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 38 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 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.