Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2016, 8:40 PM CDT for Latimer County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Mar 23, 2016, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Latimer County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sardis, OK | |
| Mar 23, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Yanush, OK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417
WFUS54 KTSA 240140
TORTSA
OKC077-127-240215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0001.160324T0140Z-160324T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
840 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 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...
CLAYTON... ALBION...
YANUSH... TUSKAHOMA...
KIAMICHI... BENGAL...
SARDIS...
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 3455 9550 3469 9551 3487 9506 3458 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 247DEG 37KT 3467 9545
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
157
WWUS54 KTSA 240143
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
843 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC077-127-240215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
LATIMER OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
843 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LATIMER AND NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...
AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF YANUSH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CLAYTON... ALBION...
YANUSH... TUSKAHOMA...
KIAMICHI... BENGAL...
SARDIS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3455 9550 3469 9551 3487 9506 3458 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 247DEG 37KT 3468 9542
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$471
WWUS54 KTSA 240152
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
852 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
OKC077-127-240215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0215Z/
LATIMER OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-
852 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LATIMER AND NORTHEASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES...
AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR YANUSH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
ALBION... BENGAL...
YANUSH... TUSKAHOMA...
KIAMICHI... SARDIS...
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 3460 9540 3472 9543 3487 9506 3460 9506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 262DEG 37KT 3469 9529
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 27 min |
| Mar 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 3:09 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 4 more | 30 hr |
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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.