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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 26, 2016, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Wynona, OK | A TORNADO BLEW DOWN TREES AND DAMAGED AN OUTBUILDING. IT WAS RATED EF-1 BASED ON THIS DAMAGE. |
| Apr 26, 10:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Nelagoney, OK | REMOVED ROOF OFF OF STEEL PIPE WELDED CAR PORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.0
The text
As transmitted.
048
WFUS54 KTSA 270252
TORTSA
OKC113-270315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0014.160427T0252Z-160427T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
952 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 952 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST
OF WYNONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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...
PAWHUSKA... BARNSDALL...
WYNONA... OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...
OKESA... BIGHEART...
TALLANT... PERSHING...
NELAGONEY...
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 3640 9646 3657 9660 3686 9622 3680 9606
3666 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 230DEG 51KT 3652 9646
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
691 follow-up statement
957
WWUS54 KTSA 270304
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1004 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
OKC113-270315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160427T0315Z/
OSAGE OK-
1004 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...
AT 1002 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WYNONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION THAT COULD PRODUCE A
TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED NORTH OF PAWHUSKA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWHUSKA... BARNSDALL...
WYNONA... OSAGE HILLS STATE PARK...
OKESA... BIGHEART...
TALLANT... PERSHING...
NELAGONEY...
LAT...LON 3648 9632 3667 9647 3686 9622 3680 9606
3666 9600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 245DEG 57KT 3659 9627
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers and 2 more | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Sequoyah | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 14 min |
| Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
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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.