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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 10, 2015Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2015, 6:10 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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 10, 2015, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Pushmataha County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 6:18 PM CDTTORNADO 07 Nw Moyers, OKSTORM CHASER REPORTED 3 MINUTE LONG TORNADO OVER OPEN COUNTRY. NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM COULD NOT ACCESS AREA IN WHICH TORNADO OCCURRED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1564 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.9
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

909 
WFUS54 KTSA 102310
TORTSA
OKC127-102345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0029.150510T2310Z-150510T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
610 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOYERS...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...EUBANKS...DUNBAR AND
  STANLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3427 9579 3450 9579 3451 9578 3451 9568
      3459 9568 3460 9539 3425 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 214DEG 34KT 3438 9578

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
007 
WWUS54 KTSA 102323
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
623 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKC127-102345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150510T2345Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
623 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
ANTLERS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
         LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...EUBANKS...DUNBAR AND STANLEY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3438 9578 3450 9579 3451 9578 3451 9568
      3459 9568 3460 9539 3438 9562
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 217DEG 22KT 3445 9571

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah46 min
May 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah45 min
May 9, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 9, 9:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAPushmataha71 hr
May 9, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer38 min
May 9, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg6 hr
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore115 min
May 9, 11:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore6 hr
May 9, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg50 min
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore5 days
May 9, 11:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore63 hr
May 9, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg45 min
May 10, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell40 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah4 hr
May 10, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Sequoyah56 min
May 10, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 1:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah3 hr
May 10, 4:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 4:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah6 hr
May 10, 5:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah20 hr
May 10, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee66 min
May 10, 8:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
May 10, 8:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa6 hr
May 10, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg53 min
May 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha60 min
May 10, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAChoctaw55 hr
May 10, 8:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee6 days
May 10, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa44 min
May 10, 9:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
May 10, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg26 min
May 10, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more65 min
May 10, 9:32 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSAOttawa45 hr
May 10, 9:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner4 hr
May 10, 9:43 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore32 min
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner59 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more6 hr
May 10, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee71 hr
May 10, 10:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah48 min
May 10, 10:51 AM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore24 min
May 10, 11:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa72 min
May 10, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg107 min
May 10, 1:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more24 hr
May 10, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more24 hr
May 10, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg35 min
May 10, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha6 hr
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha46 min
May 10, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
May 10, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.