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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 5:28 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2015, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Fanshawe, OK | A TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314
WFUS54 KTSA 252228
TORTSA
OKC061-077-079-252300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0061.150525T2228Z-150525T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
528 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 526 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES ANYWHERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FANSHAWE
TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE WISTER STATE PARK...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...LAKE WISTER STATE PARK AND
WISTER.
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 3514 9495 3498 9463 3478 9483 3498 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 225DEG 26KT 3497 9494 3490 9482
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more | 24 hr |
| May 24, 11:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more | 12 hr |
| May 25, 4:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 20 hr |
| May 25, 11:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more | 24 hr |
| May 25, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 25, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 28 min |
| May 25, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 34 min |
| May 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 27 min |
| May 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 65 min |
| May 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 23 min |
| May 25, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 27 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 38 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 52 min |
| May 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 49 min |
| May 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 19 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 50 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.