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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 25, 2015LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 5:56 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 19 min. 6 reports 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, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County LeFlore County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPoteau, OKDAMAGE TO 4 NEIGHBORHOODS IN POTEAU...INCLUDING TREE DAMAGE...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
May 25, 6:03 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Shady Point, OKREPORT OF THUNDERSTORM WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH.
May 25, 6:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 782 N Poteau, OKSPOTTER MEASURED 78 M PH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST NORTH OF POTEAU.
May 25, 6:12 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPoteau, OKREPORT OF TREES DOWNED ONTO SEVERAL HOMES.
May 25, 6:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPanama, OKREPORT OF TREES DOWNED.
May 25, 6:13 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGShady Point, OKREPORT OF TREES DOWNED.

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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

606 
WFUS54 KTSA 252256
TORTSA
OKC079-252330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0063.150525T2256Z-150525T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
556 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POTEAU...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...SHADY POINT...PANAMA...
  CAMERON...ROCK ISLAND...SPIRO AND JENSON.

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 3526 9462 3519 9443 3497 9458 3505 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 203DEG 40KT 3507 9463

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
861 
WWUS54 KTSA 252315
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
615 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

OKC079-252325-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150525T2330Z/
LE FLORE OK-
615 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LE FLORE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND TORNADO WATCH 
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3526 9462 3519 9443 3497 9458 3505 9478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 203DEG 40KT 3526 9453

$$

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, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore32 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, 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.