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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 24, 20136 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2013, 12:19 AM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 24, 2013, 12:19 AM CDT (05:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2629 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

534 
WFUS54 KTSA 240519
TORTSA
OKC001-021-097-101-135-145-240545-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0062.130724T0519Z-130724T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1219 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  WESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF         
  PRODUCING A TORNADOS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7     
  MILES WEST OF PEGGS TO 3 MILES NORTH OF OKAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
  50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SEQUOYAH STATE PARK...PEGGS...FORT GIBSON...HULBERT...PUMPKIN
  CENTER...TAHLEQUAH...ELDON...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK AND
  COOKSON.

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 3595 9476 3559 9495 3587 9544 3619 9527
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 304DEG 45KT 3604 9521 3589 9530

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAWagoner30 min
Jul 23, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore24 min
Jul 23, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair24 min
Jul 23, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee37 min
Jul 23, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers34 min
Jul 23, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers48 min
Jul 23, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington62 min
Jul 23, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 5 more58 min
Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa56 min
Jul 23, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
Jul 23, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 2 more34 min
Jul 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa30 min
Jul 23, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 1 more58 min
Jul 23, 11:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner54 min
Jul 24, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more52 min
Jul 24, 12:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa105 min
Jul 24, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner6 hr
Jul 24, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 6 more67 min
Jul 24, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee44 min
Jul 24, 12:46 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah44 min
Jul 24, 12:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more6 hr
Jul 24, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha6 hr
Jul 24, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg24 min
Jul 24, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha59 min
Jul 24, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah56 min
Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee44 min
Jul 24, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha61 min
Jul 24, 6:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more6 hr
Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more52 hr

Nearby

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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.