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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2013, 7:04 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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 20, 2013, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 20, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WFUS54 KTSA 210004 RRA
TORTSA
OKC077-121-127-210045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0021.130521T0004Z-130521T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
704 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 702 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF STANLEY...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
STANLEY...CLAYTON AND HIGGINS.
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 3450 9579 3451 9578 3451 9568 3459 9568
3459 9588 3460 9589 3467 9589 3468 9593
3484 9541 3452 9532 3441 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 250DEG 50KT 3453 9604
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 67 min |
| May 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 44 min |
| May 20, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 70 min |
| May 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 63 min |
| May 20, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 58 min |
| May 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 68 min |
| May 20, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| May 20, 8:21 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 60 min |
| May 20, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 61 hr |
| May 20, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| May 20, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 63 min |
| May 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| May 20, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| May 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 35 min |
| May 20, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 2 hr |
| May 20, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 20, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 24 min |
| May 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 25 min |
| May 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| May 21, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| May 21, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 30 min |
| May 21, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 33 min |
| May 21, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 37 min |
| May 21, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 43 min |
| May 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| May 21, 2:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 2 hr |
| May 21, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 28 min |
| May 21, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 21, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| May 21, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 8:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| May 21, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 60 min |
| May 21, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah | 58 min |
| May 21, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Sequoyah | 57 min |
| May 21, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 21, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| May 21, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 48 min |
| May 21, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 38 min |
| May 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 62 min |
| May 21, 2:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 40 hr |
| May 21, 2:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 43 hr |
| May 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 62 min |
| May 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 24 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.