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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2013, 7:26 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 30, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KTSA 310026
TORTSA
OKC021-041-097-310115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0035.130531T0026Z-130531T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOCUST GROVE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADOES
AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOCUST
GROVE...PEGGS...ROSE...LEACH...OAKS AND TWIN OAKS.
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 3633 9487 3613 9479 3613 9480 3606 9521
3607 9521 3608 9531 3623 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 255DEG 25KT 3614 9520
$$4 follow-up statements
974
WWUS54 KTSA 310030
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
730 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC021-041-097-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130531T0115Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
730 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 729 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS LIKELY NEAR MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOCUST
GROVE...PEGGS...ROSE...LEACH...OAKS AND TWIN OAKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3614 9479 3613 9480 3606 9521 3607 9521
3608 9531 3623 9533 3633 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 255DEG 25KT 3613 9520
$$130
WWUS54 KTSA 310035
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
735 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC021-041-097-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130531T0115Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
735 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MURPHY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED SEVERAL BRIEF TORNADOES AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER TORNADO AT
ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOCUST
GROVE...ROSE...LEACH...OAKS AND TWIN OAKS.
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 3615 9479 3613 9480 3610 9498 3609 9520
3613 9525 3624 9525 3633 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 255DEG 25KT 3614 9516
$$740
WWUS54 KTSA 310051
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
751 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC021-041-097-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130531T0115Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
751 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES...
AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LOCUST GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROSE...
LEACH...OAKS AND TWIN OAKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3616 9479 3613 9480 3610 9498 3610 9514
3615 9516 3624 9518 3633 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 255DEG 25KT 3618 9506
$$802
WWUS54 KTSA 310101
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
801 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC021-041-097-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130531T0115Z/
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
801 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MAYES...SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 755 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO IS OCCURRING
OR IMMINENT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEACH...
TWIN OAKS AND OAKS.
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 3618 9480 3616 9479 3616 9480 3613 9480
3613 9512 3625 9513 3633 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 255DEG 25KT 3620 9503
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 55 min |
| May 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 44 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 57 min |
| May 30, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 37 min |
| May 30, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 24 hr |
| May 30, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 40 min |
| May 30, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 33 min |
| May 30, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 11 hr |
| May 30, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 40 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 53 min |
| May 30, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 29 min |
| May 30, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 64 min |
| May 31, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 40 min |
| May 31, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 5 hr |
| May 31, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 41 min |
| May 31, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 18 hr |
| May 31, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Osage | 23 hr |
| May 31, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Washington | 23 hr |
| May 31, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 4 hr |
| May 31, 1:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 54 hr |
| May 31, 2:16 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 71 hr |
| May 31, 2:16 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 29 hr |
| May 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 25 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 38 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 46 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 32 min |
| May 31, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 50 min |
| May 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| May 31, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 48 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.