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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2013, 7:13 PM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 19, 7:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Paden, OK | EF1 TORNADO DEVELOPED NORTH NORTHEAST OF PRAGUE IN LINCOLN COUNTY AND MOVED NORTHEAST...DISSIPATING WEST OF WELTY IN OKFUSKEE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AND BARNS WERE DESTROYED. RATING BASED ON THIS DAMAGE IS EF-1. |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
156
WFUS54 KTSA 200013
TORTSA
OKC037-107-200100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0012.130520T0013Z-130520T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
713 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
9 MILES WEST OF PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LIFE
THREATENING TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF EXTREME DAMAGE!
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PADEN
AND WELTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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 3558 9663 3565 9663 3575 9643 3555 9631
3546 9663 3547 9663 3557 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 242DEG 24KT 3551 9670
$$2 follow-up statements
693
WWUS54 KTSA 200024
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
724 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
OKC037-107-200100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130520T0100Z/
CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK-
724 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES...
AT 718 PM CDT...A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PADEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LIFE
THREATENING TORNADO IS CAPABLE OF EXTREME DAMAGE!
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELTY AND
MASON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! THIS IS A
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF
NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3558 9663 3565 9663 3575 9643 3555 9631
3546 9663 3547 9663 3557 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 240DEG 28KT 3556 9660
$$926 WWUS54 KTSA 200042 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 742 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 OKC037-107-200100- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130520T0100Z/ CREEK OK-OKFUSKEE OK- 742 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR WELTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO WEST OF PRAGUE...AND ANOTHER TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. 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! 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 3555 9631 3547 9659 3567 9658 3575 9643 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 238DEG 30KT 3565 9643 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 27 min |
| May 19, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 54 min |
| May 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 63 min |
| May 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 57 min |
| May 19, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 63 min |
| May 19, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 61 min |
| May 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 2 hr |
| May 19, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 5 hr |
| May 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 33 min |
| May 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 53 min |
| May 19, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 27 min |
| May 19, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 43 min |
| May 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 46 min |
| May 19, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| May 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 44 min |
| May 20, 12:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 37 min |
| May 20, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| May 20, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Kay | 37 min |
| May 20, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Adair | 22 hr |
| May 20, 10:56 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 22 hr |
| May 20, 11:07 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 44 hr |
| May 20, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 30 hr |
| May 20, 2:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| May 20, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 20, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 66 min |
| May 20, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| May 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 43 min |
| May 20, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 57 min |
| May 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 37 min |
| May 20, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 59 min |
| May 20, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 68 min |
| May 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 25 min |
| May 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 55 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 44 min |
| May 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 66 min |
| May 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 67 min |
| May 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 64 min |
| May 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 31 min |
| May 20, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 39 min |
| May 20, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 65 min |
| May 20, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 61 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.