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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Delaware County, Mayes 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
- May 30, 2013, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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.
392
WFUS54 KTSA 310112
TORTSA
OKC021-041-097-310145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0036.130531T0112Z-130531T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
812 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EASTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 811 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEACH...
OAKS...TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...WEST SILOAM SPRINGS AND COLCORD.
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 3617 9457 3616 9470 3616 9480 3615 9480
3612 9506 3630 9509 3639 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 259DEG 25KT 3622 9499
$$1 follow-up statement
922
WWUS54 KTSA 310125 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
825 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
OKC021-310135-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130531T0145Z/
CHEROKEE OK-
825 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3623 9459 3622 9467 3621 9477 3618 9503
3631 9506 3639 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 259DEG 25KT 3625 9500
$$
OKC041-097-310145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-130531T0145Z/
DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-
825 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MAYES AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEACH...
TWIN OAKS...LAKE EUCHA STATE PARK AND COLCORD.
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 3623 9459 3622 9467 3621 9477 3618 9503
3631 9506 3639 9463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 259DEG 25KT 3625 9500
$$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, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 49 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, 8:33 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.