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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 24, 2013Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2013, 1:06 AM CDT for Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3646 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
10.9

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The text

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

784 
WFUS54 KTSA 240606
TORTSA
OKC077-121-240630-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0064.130724T0606Z-130724T0630Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  EASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 101 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOCKER...HARTSHORNE AND HIGGINS.

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 3476 9563 3519 9566 3520 9545 3516 9545
      3516 9543 3477 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 355DEG 42KT 3509 9554

$$

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, 12:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner26 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, 1:31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.