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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Tulsa, OK

December 26, 2015McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2015, 4:06 PM CST for McIntosh County, Muskogee County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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: Dec 26, 2015, 4:06 PM CST (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Dec 26, 2015, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 26, 12:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

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

244 
WFUS54 KTSA 262206
TORTSA
OKC091-101-121-262245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0077.151226T2206Z-151226T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CST
    
* AT 406 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CANADIAN...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...
  MUSKOGEE...                       EUFAULA...
  CHECOTAH...                       WARNER...
  CROWDER...                        OKTAHA...
  CANADIAN...                       INDIANOLA...
  RENTIESVILLE...                   ARROWHEAD STATE PARK...
  LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...        VIVIAN...
  KEEFETON...                       SUMMIT...
  ONAPA...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND
280.
 
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 3574 9543 3559 9513 3533 9539 3529 9545
      3526 9545 3508 9563 3518 9581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 213DEG 43KT 3520 9567 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

686 
WWUS54 KTSA 262230
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

OKC121-262239-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-151226T2245Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
430 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3574 9543 3559 9513 3533 9539 3536 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 214DEG 37KT 3541 9550 

$$

OKC091-101-262245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-151226T2245Z/
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
430 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH AND CENTRAL MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 429 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF CHECOTAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
MUSKOGEE...                       CHECOTAH...
WARNER...                         OKTAHA...
RENTIESVILLE...                   LAKE EUFAULA STATE PARK...
KEEFETON...                       SUMMIT...
ONAPA...                          

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 259 AND
280.
 
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 3574 9543 3559 9513 3533 9539 3536 9568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 214DEG 37KT 3541 9550 

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
Dec 25, 9:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	9 days
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
Dec 25, 9:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	6 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair	4 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	5 days
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware	64 hr
Dec 25, 9:18 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	64 hr
Dec 25, 9:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	6 days
Dec 25, 9:36 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Choctaw	4 days
Dec 25, 10:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	8 days
Dec 25, 10:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	9 days
Dec 25, 10:46 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	10 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Muskogee	6 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	4 days
Dec 26, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	56 hr
Dec 26, 10:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	4 days
Dec 26, 10:17 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	4 days
Dec 26, 10:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	3 days
Dec 26, 10:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	5 days
Dec 26, 1:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
Dec 26, 2:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	52 hr
Dec 26, 2:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	49 min
Dec 26, 3:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	42 min
Dec 26, 3:13 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	47 min
Dec 26, 3:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	45 min
Dec 26, 3:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	33 min
Dec 26, 3:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	43 min
Dec 26, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Rogers	46 min
Dec 26, 4:08 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 11 more	12 hr
Dec 26, 4:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner	41 min
Dec 26, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	39 min
Dec 26, 4:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	33 min
Dec 26, 5:10 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	6 hr
Dec 26, 5:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee	51 min
Dec 26, 5:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	45 min
Dec 26, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.