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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2013, 12:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WFUS54 KTSA 240546 TORTSA OKC001-021-101-135-240630- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0063.130724T0546Z-130724T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1246 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... NORTHERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1243 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...COOKSON...BUNCH...MARBLE CITY...STILWELL AND BRUSHY. 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 3579 9451 3544 9462 3575 9519 3591 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0547Z 300DEG 34KT 3578 9502 $$
1 follow-up statement
750 WWUS54 KTSA 240554 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1254 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 OKC001-021-101-135-240630- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-130724T0630Z/ CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-SEQUOYAH OK-ADAIR OK- 1254 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN ADAIR...NORTHERN SEQUOYAH...NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES... AT 1252 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHEROKEE LANDING STATE PARK...COOKSON...BUNCH...MARBLE CITY...STILWELL AND BRUSHY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3579 9451 3544 9462 3575 9519 3591 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 300DEG 34KT 3575 9495 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 5 more | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 56 min |
| Jul 23, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 2 more | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Tulsa | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Creek, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 4 more | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 12:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 105 min |
| Jul 24, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 12:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 6 more | 67 min |
| Jul 24, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.