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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 23, 2015Cherokee County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2015, 10:36 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 14 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
May 23, 2015, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2015, 10:50 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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
May 23, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2015-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 2015-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

529 
WFUS54 KTSA 240336
TORTSA
OKC021-097-240400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0051.150524T0336Z-150524T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1036 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF HULBERT...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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...PEGGS AND LOCUST GROVE.

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 3621 9508 3617 9501 3616 9501 3617 9499
      3615 9496 3596 9514 3599 9519 3620 9520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 197DEG 33KT 3603 9514

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
835 
WWUS54 KTSA 240350
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1050 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

OKC021-097-240400-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-150524T0400Z/
CHEROKEE OK-MAYES OK-
1050 PM CDT SAT MAY 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAYES AND NORTH CENTRAL
CHEROKEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM.

LAT...LON 3621 9508 3617 9501 3616 9501 3617 9499
      3615 9496 3596 9514 3599 9519 3620 9520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 197DEG 33KT 3615 9509

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage60 min
May 23, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer51 min
May 23, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee43 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee49 min
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Washington90 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington50 min
May 23, 7:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAOkfuskee34 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Tulsa48 min
May 23, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa90 min
May 23, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer29 min
May 23, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa35 min
May 23, 8:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee6 hr
May 23, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha42 min
May 23, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee37 min
May 23, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee29 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha88 min
May 23, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington23 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa6 hr
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSATulsa32 min
May 23, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers, Washington50 min
May 23, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer35 min
May 23, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee, Washington6 hr
May 23, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSARogers, Tulsa50 min
May 23, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSANowata, Rogers6 hr
May 23, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah46 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAWagoner6 hr
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSATulsa47 hr
May 23, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner43 min
May 23, 9:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAWashington60 hr
May 23, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMayes53 min
May 23, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Rogers41 min
May 23, 10:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Mayes6 hr
May 23, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner50 min
May 23, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee28 min
May 23, 10:41 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa6 hr
May 23, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee27 min
May 23, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSASequoyah29 min
May 23, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACraig, Mayes29 min
May 23, 11:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more116 min
May 23, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee, Wagoner36 min
May 24, 12:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more24 hr
May 24, 12:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more6 hr
May 24, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 1:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Nowata and 4 more6 hr
May 24, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 2 more6 hr
May 24, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 2 more3 hr
May 24, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Delaware, LeFlore, Sequoyah12 hr
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair47 hr
May 24, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee3 days
May 24, 9:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa3 days
May 24, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 3 more12 hr
May 24, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore9 days
May 24, 10:19 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSASequoyah10 days
May 24, 11:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh and 5 more11 hr
May 24, 1:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Ottawa and 2 more10 hr
May 24, 3:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAMuskogee24 hr
May 24, 3:27 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware36 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.