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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2015Haskell County, Latimer County, LeFlore County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 5:42 PM CDTTORNADO6 Ne Fanshawe, OKA 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1332 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 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more24 hr
May 24, 11:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more12 hr
May 25, 4:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more20 hr
May 25, 11:36 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACreek, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee and 4 more24 hr
May 25, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha42 min
May 25, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha28 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg34 min
May 25, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw26 min
May 25, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg27 min
May 25, 3:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 3 more8 hr
May 25, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha65 min
May 25, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg23 min
May 25, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg42 min
May 25, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha39 min
May 25, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha34 min
May 25, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha45 min
May 25, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Pushmataha31 min
May 25, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha27 min
May 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha38 min
May 25, 4:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha38 min
May 25, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha29 min
May 25, 5:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSALatimer, LeFlore52 min
May 25, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore41 min
May 25, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 11 more8 hr
May 25, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek, Okmulgee, Pawnee38 min
May 25, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah52 min
May 25, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner41 min
May 25, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore49 min
May 25, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAChoctaw, Latimer, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more59 min
May 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah55 min
May 25, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore19 min
May 25, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah50 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.