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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2013, 12:35 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 30, 2013, 12:35 AM CDT (05:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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 29, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WFUS54 KTSA 300535 TORTSA OKC021-101-135-300600- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0030.130530T0535Z-130530T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1235 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1232 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF GORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GORE... GREENLEAF STATE PARK...BRAGGS...LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK...PUMPKIN CENTER...COOKSON AND CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK. 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 3592 9512 3578 9483 3545 9521 3551 9534 TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 208DEG 49KT 3555 9523 $$
1 follow-up statement
143 WWUS54 KTSA 300554 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1254 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 OKC021-101-135-300604- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130530T0600Z/ CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK- 1254 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 100 AM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3592 9512 3578 9483 3545 9521 3551 9534 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 208DEG 49KT 3578 9508 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 29, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 2 more | 57 min |
| May 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 35 min |
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| May 29, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| May 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 26 min |
| May 29, 11:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 37 min |
| May 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 24 min |
| May 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 60 min |
| May 30, 1:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 52 min |
| May 30, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| May 30, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 62 min |
| May 30, 6:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 24 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 43 hr |
| May 30, 8:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 42 hr |
| May 30, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 3 days |
| May 30, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 4 days |
| May 30, 8:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| May 30, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 36 min |
| May 30, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 6 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Adair | 48 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 35 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 62 hr |
| May 30, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 48 hr |
| May 30, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 49 min |
| May 30, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 50 hr |
| May 30, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Washington | 47 min |
| May 30, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 40 min |
| May 30, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 28 min |
| May 30, 12:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 4 hr |
| May 30, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 64 min |
| May 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 37 min |
| May 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 66 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 63 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 58 min |
| May 30, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 39 hr |
| May 30, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 62 min |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa, Rogers | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 84 min |
| May 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 61 min |
| May 30, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| May 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 45 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 6 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 29 min |
| May 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 27 min |
| May 30, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 56 min |
| May 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.