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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 5, 2015Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2015, 2:28 PM CST for Okfuskee County, Okmulgee 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: Nov 5, 2015, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2015, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 5, 2:28 PM CST	TORNADO	1 W Okemah, OK	STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING I-40 APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF OKEMAH.

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
Nov 5, 12:06 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

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

408 
WFUS54 KTSA 052028
TORTSA
OKC107-111-052100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0072.151105T2028Z-151105T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
228 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CST
    
* AT 228 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL
  ROTATION THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED OVER
  OKEMAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  OKEMAH...                         BEARDEN...
  CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
  PHAROAH...                        

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3546 9644 3558 9614 3541 9609 3536 9625
      3536 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 236DEG 43KT 3544 9632 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

926 
WWUS54 KTSA 052032
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
232 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015

OKC107-111-052100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-151105T2100Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
232 PM CST THU NOV 5 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
OKFUSKEE AND SOUTHWESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 232 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED OVER OKEMAH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
OKEMAH...                         BEARDEN...
CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
PHAROAH...                        

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
231.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3546 9644 3558 9614 3541 9609 3536 9625
      3536 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 239DEG 31KT 3545 9630 

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

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 10:36 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	39 min
Nov 5, 10:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	36 min
Nov 5, 11:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	44 min
Nov 5, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	32 min
Nov 5, 11:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Osage, Washington	45 min
Nov 5, 12:08 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	52 min
Nov 5, 12:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	16 min
Nov 5, 12:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Washington	32 min
Nov 5, 12:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	38 min
Nov 5, 1:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	43 min
Nov 5, 1:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	30 min
Nov 5, 1:35 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers	25 min
Nov 5, 2:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	25 min
Nov 5, 2:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	21 min
Nov 5, 2:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	25 min
Nov 5, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more	36 min
Nov 5, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	31 min
Nov 5, 2:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	18 min
Nov 5, 3:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg	54 min
Nov 5, 3:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	27 min
Nov 5, 3:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes	24 min
Nov 5, 3:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	48 min
Nov 5, 3:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes	23 min
Nov 5, 4:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg	31 min
Nov 5, 4:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	42 min
Nov 5, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	24 min
Nov 5, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	25 min
Nov 5, 4:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	35 min
Nov 5, 4:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	29 min
Nov 5, 4:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 2 more	34 min
Nov 5, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	47 min
Nov 5, 5:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.