Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2013, 7:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 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 31, 2013, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Watova, OK | NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS OF A TORNADO IN THE WATOVA AREA. TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO A HOME REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
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 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WFUS54 KTSA 010048 TORTSA OKC105-113-131-147-010115- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0053.130601T0048Z-130601T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 748 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... NORTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 744 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF AVANT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... OCHELATA...RAMONA...TALALA AND WATOVA. 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 3674 9565 3649 9561 3647 9613 3668 9615 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 259DEG 41KT 3655 9603 $$
2 follow-up statements
715
WWUS54 KTSA 010057
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
OKC113-010107-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
OSAGE OK-
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3674 9565 3649 9561 3647 9596 3648 9601
3670 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 264DEG 32KT 3656 9593
$$
OKC105-131-147-010115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
757 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN ROGERS AND SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTIES...
AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMONA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TALALA AND
WATOVA.
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 3674 9565 3649 9561 3647 9596 3648 9601
3670 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 264DEG 32KT 3656 9593
$$253
WWUS54 KTSA 010105
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
805 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
OKC105-131-147-010115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-130601T0115Z/
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
805 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN ROGERS AND SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTIES...
AT 803 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMONA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TALALA AND
WATOVA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS!
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS...TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE!
&&
LAT...LON 3648 9595 3669 9592 3674 9565 3649 9561
3647 9590
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 267DEG 36KT 3656 9583
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 42 min |
| May 31, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 31, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 40 min |
| May 31, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 35 min |
| May 31, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 31, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 33 min |
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 65 hr |
| May 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 61 min |
| May 31, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 32 hr |
| May 31, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 54 min |
| May 31, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 46 min |
| May 31, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 42 min |
| May 31, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 31 min |
| May 31, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 67 min |
| May 31, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 48 min |
| May 31, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 40 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware | 24 min |
| May 31, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 27 min |
| May 31, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| May 31, 11:12 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| May 31, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 37 min |
| May 31, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 51 min |
| May 31, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 67 min |
| May 31, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 49 min |
| May 31, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 2 more | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 2:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 6:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 26 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 60 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 20 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.