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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 20164 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 11:01 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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: Apr 26, 2016, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

185 
WFUS54 KTSA 270401
TORTSA
OKC021-097-131-145-270445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0017.160427T0401Z-160427T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1101 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 1101 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF INOLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  WAGONER...                        INOLA...
  LOCUST GROVE...                   PEGGS...
  MAZIE...                          MURPHY...
  LOST CITY...                      

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 3596 9560 3611 9557 3623 9507 3599 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 255DEG 32KT 3603 9552 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

923 
WWUS54 KTSA 270411
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1111 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC131-270421-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
ROGERS OK-
1111 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH 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 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3597 9543 3613 9544 3623 9507 3599 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 253DEG 37KT 3607 9538 

$$

OKC021-097-145-270445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
MAYES OK-CHEROKEE OK-WAGONER OK-
1111 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MAYES...NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN WAGONER COUNTIES...
    
AT 1111 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WAGONER...MOVING EAST 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...
WAGONER...                        LOCUST GROVE...
PEGGS...                          MAZIE...
MURPHY...                         LOST CITY...

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 3597 9543 3613 9544 3623 9507 3599 9503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 253DEG 37KT 3607 9538 

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

$$

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455 
WWUS54 KTSA 270426
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1126 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC021-145-270436-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
CHEROKEE OK-WAGONER OK-
1126 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN
WAGONER COUNTIES 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 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3623 9507 3616 9506 3616 9512 3608 9512
      3607 9526 3617 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 250DEG 40KT 3613 9521 

$$

OKC097-270445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
MAYES OK-
1126 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MAYES COUNTY...
    
AT 1126 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOCUST GROVE...MOVING EAST 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...
LOCUST GROVE...                   MURPHY...

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 3623 9507 3616 9506 3616 9512 3608 9512
      3607 9526 3617 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 250DEG 40KT 3613 9521 

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, 10:26 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, 11:13 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

Nearby

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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.