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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 8:08 PM CDT for Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
- Mar 30, 2016, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Claremore, 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 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
924
WFUS54 KTSA 310108
TORTSA
OKC097-131-310200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0011.160331T0108Z-160331T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
808 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 808 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TIAWAH...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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...
CLAREMORE... PRYOR...
PRYOR CREEK... SALINA...
ADAIR... PENSACOLA...
HOOT OWL... TIAWAH...
STRANG... SNOWDALE STATE PARK...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 246 AND 264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 9564 3637 9566 3649 9513 3627 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 258DEG 23KT 3629 9557
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
693 follow-up statements
996
WWUS54 KTSA 310118
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
818 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC097-131-310200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160331T0200Z/
MAYES OK-ROGERS OK-
818 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MAYES AND CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TIAWAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PRYOR... PRYOR CREEK...
SALINA... ADAIR...
PENSACOLA... HOOT OWL...
STRANG... SNOWDALE STATE PARK...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 251 AND 264.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 9556 3639 9558 3649 9513 3627 9511
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 245DEG 18KT 3632 9551
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
69752
WWUS54 KTSA 310133
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC131-310142-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160331T0200Z/
ROGERS OK-
833 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3633 9543 3642 9543 3649 9513 3634 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 237DEG 25KT 3638 9538
$$
OKC097-310200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160331T0200Z/
MAYES OK-
833 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY...
AT 832 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRYOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
TORNADOES.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ADAIR... PENSACOLA...
HOOT OWL... STRANG...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 261 AND 263.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3633 9543 3642 9543 3649 9513 3634 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 237DEG 25KT 3638 9538
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
69281
WWUS54 KTSA 310147
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
847 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC097-310200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160331T0200Z/
MAYES OK-
847 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MAYES COUNTY...
AT 846 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF ADAIR...MOVING EAST 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...
ADAIR... PENSACOLA...
HOOT OWL... STRANG...
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 3636 9531 3645 9531 3649 9513 3635 9512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 261DEG 25KT 3639 9525
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 12 min |
| Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 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.