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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT for Creek County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2013, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 520 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
437
WFUS54 KTSA 180412
TORTSA
OKC037-111-180445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0003.130418T0412Z-130418T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1112 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1107 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRISTOW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BRISTOW...SLICK AND KELLYVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 204.
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 3600 9624 3584 9605 3564 9634 3564 9648
3571 9657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 225DEG 23KT 3572 9640
$$2 follow-up statements
341 WWUS54 KTSA 180419 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1119 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 OKC037-111-180445- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130418T0445Z/ CREEK OK-OKMULGEE OK- 1119 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE AND SOUTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTIES... AT 1118 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRISTOW... SLICK AND KELLYVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 192 AND 204. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3564 9634 3576 9648 3600 9624 3584 9605 TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 225DEG 23KT 3575 9635 $$
998 WWUS54 KTSA 180430 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1130 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 OKC037-111-180445- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130418T0445Z/ CREEK OK-OKMULGEE OK- 1130 PM CDT WED APR 17 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OKMULGEE AND CENTRAL CREEK COUNTIES... AT 1127 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SLICK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF ROTATION THAT MAY DEVELOP INTO A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF BEGGS. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SLICK AND KELLYVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 193 AND 204. 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 3571 9623 3579 9643 3600 9624 3584 9605 TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 225DEG 23KT 3579 9630 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Osage, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 17, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 28 min |
| Apr 18, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 2 more | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 29 min |
| Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 14 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 14 hr |
| Apr 18, 7:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 8 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 4 days |
| Apr 18, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 48 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 30 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 17 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.