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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 2016Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 11:16 PM CDTTORNADO8 Wnw Vinita, OKTHIS TORNADO UPROOTED A FEW TREES...SNAPPED NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS...AND DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS.
Apr 26, 11:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 S Bluejacket, OKDAMAGE TO HOMES...OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

147 
WFUS54 KTSA 270413
TORTSA
OKC035-270445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0018.160427T0413Z-160427T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1113 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 1113 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITE OAK...MOVING
  NORTHEAST 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...
  VINITA...                         WELCH...
  BLUEJACKET...                     WHITE OAK...
  PYRAMID CORNERS...                

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 286 AND 292.
 
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 3660 9536 3674 9542 3692 9501 3667 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 247DEG 38KT 3669 9532 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements
230 
WWUS54 KTSA 270431
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1131 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC035-270445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
CRAIG OK-
1131 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY...
    
AT 1130 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF BLUEJACKET...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...
VINITA...                         WELCH...
BLUEJACKET...                     PYRAMID CORNERS...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 287 AND 292.
 
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 3664 9516 3684 9518 3692 9501 3667 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 254DEG 39KT 3674 9508 

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

$$

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075 
WWUS54 KTSA 270441
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1141 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC035-270449-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
CRAIG OK-
1141 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRAIG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
CRAIG COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM!

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

LAT...LON 3664 9516 3684 9518 3692 9501 3667 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 247DEG 38KT 3674 9508 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPawnee51 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee61 min
Apr 26, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa59 min
Apr 26, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage23 min
Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa30 min
Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington47 min
Apr 26, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more40 min
Apr 26, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg39 min
Apr 26, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Wagoner34 min
Apr 26, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha39 min
Apr 26, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee and 3 more49 min
Apr 26, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Wagoner33 min
Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner44 min
Apr 26, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah31 min
Apr 26, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers51 min
Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha48 min
Apr 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers and 2 more46 min
Apr 26, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes25 min
Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pushmataha, Sequoyah32 min
Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Sequoyah31 min
Apr 27, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware14 min
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware54 min
Apr 27, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAAdair32 min
Apr 27, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha and 1 more59 min
Apr 27, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa17 min
Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa5 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.