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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 2016Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 10:26 PM CDT for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	Bixby, OK	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSIGNED A PRELIMINARY EF1 RATING.
Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDT	TORNADO	Bixby, OK	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR
Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	Broken Arrow, OK	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. TORNADO DAMAGE WAS JUST WEST OF COUNTY LINE ROAD BETWEEN 121ST AND 131ST ST SOUTH. STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSIGNED A PRELIMINARY EF1 RATING.
Apr 26, 10:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	Broken Arrow, OK	TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. TORNADO DAMAGE WAS JUST WEST OF COUNTY LINE ROAD BETWEEN 121ST AND 131ST ST SOUTH.
Apr 26, 10:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Ne Broken Arrow, OK	TREE DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN STEEPLECHASE SUBDIVISION.

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 PDS	SPC	9 hr
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

654 
WFUS54 KTSA 270326
TORTSA
OKC131-143-145-270400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0016.160427T0326Z-160427T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1026 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
    
* AT 1026 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
  THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM TULSA TO 3 MILES WEST OF BIXBY...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...
  TULSA...                          BROKEN ARROW...
  CLAREMORE...                      BIXBY...
  JENKS...                          GLENPOOL...
  COWETA...                         CATOOSA...
  VERDIGRIS...                      INOLA...
  ONETA...                          TIAWAH...
  LIBERTY...                        LEONARD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 257.
 
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 3644 9547 3597 9543 3586 9598 3615 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 244DEG 35KT 3611 9595 3592 9594 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

345 
WWUS54 KTSA 270342
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1042 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC143-270351-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160427T0400Z/
TULSA OK-
1042 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3644 9547 3597 9543 3594 9576 3616 9576
      3616 9579 3623 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 243DEG 43KT 3621 9574 3599 9573 

$$

OKC131-145-270400-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160427T0400Z/
ROGERS OK-WAGONER OK-
1042 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS AND NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...
    
AT 1041 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES AT ANY TIME WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CATOOSA TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONETA...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...
BROKEN ARROW...                   CLAREMORE...
COWETA...                         CATOOSA...
VERDIGRIS...                      INOLA...
TIAWAH...                         ONETA...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 234 AND 257.
 
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 3644 9547 3597 9543 3594 9576 3616 9576
      3616 9579 3623 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 243DEG 43KT 3621 9574 3599 9573 

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

$$

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The 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, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	23 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, 10:51 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.