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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2013, 3:32 PM CDT for Creek County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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 30, 2013, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nnw Oilton, OK | BRIEF RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO |
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 30, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 598 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
512
WFUS54 KTSA 302032
TORTSA
OKC037-117-302130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0033.130530T2032Z-130530T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
332 PM CDT THU MAY 30 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 430 PM CDT
* AT 328 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUAY...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUAY...
DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...JENNINGS...TERLTON AND MANNFORD.
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 3619 9683 3625 9636 3623 9633 3594 9629
3594 9662 3615 9663 3615 9682 3616 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 259DEG 25KT 3602 9683
$$3 follow-up statements
065
WWUS54 KTSA 302044
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
344 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC037-117-302130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130530T2130Z/
CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK-
344 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND
NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES...
AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF QUAY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM
PRODUCED A TORNADO IN RIPLEY AT 326 PM AND ANOTHER TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUAY...
DRUMRIGHT...OILTON...JENNINGS...SILVER CITY...TERLTON AND MANNFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3619 9683 3625 9636 3623 9633 3594 9629
3594 9662 3615 9663 3615 9682 3616 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 259DEG 25KT 3606 9674
$$866
WWUS54 KTSA 302055
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
355 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC037-117-302130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130530T2130Z/
CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK-
355 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND
NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES...
AT 354 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
WAS LOCATED NEAR OILTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OILTON...
JENNINGS...SILVER CITY...TERLTON AND MANNFORD.
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 3619 9665 3622 9661 3625 9636 3623 9633
3594 9629 3594 9662 3615 9663 3616 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 259DEG 25KT 3611 9662
$$365
WWUS54 KTSA 302107
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
407 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC037-117-302130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130530T2130Z/
CREEK OK-PAWNEE OK-
407 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PAWNEE AND
NORTHWESTERN CREEK COUNTIES...
AT 404 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JENNINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM
PRODUCED A TORNADO IN RIPLEY AT 326 PM...AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER
TORNADO AT ANY TIME. ANOTHER ROTATION 5 MILES WEST OF DRUMRIGHT MAY
ALSO PRODUCE A TORNADO.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SILVER
CITY...TERLTON AND MANNFORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3619 9665 3622 9661 3625 9636 3623 9633
3594 9629 3594 9662 3615 9663 3616 9665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 245DEG 21KT 3614 9655
$$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, 12:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 25 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.