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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 26, 20164 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 11:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Cherokee County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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, 11:36 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sse Braggs, OK	CONFIRMED TORNADO AT GREENLEAF STATE PARK
Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 W Cookson, OK	TREE DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE SELLERS MOUNTAIN AREA BY A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. RELAYED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Apr 26, 11:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Cookson, OK	A TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES...DAMAGED OUTBUILDINGS...AND DESTROYED A BOAT DOCK AT A MARINA ON LAKE TENKILLER.

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

680 
WFUS54 KTSA 270414
TORTSA
OKC021-091-101-135-270445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0019.160427T0414Z-160427T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1114 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
    
* AT 1114 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RENTIESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  CHECOTAH...                       WARNER...
  GORE...                           WEBBERS FALLS...
  OKTAHA...                         BRAGGS...
  RENTIESVILLE...                   LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK...
  GREENLEAF STATE PARK...           KEEFETON...
  PUMPKIN CENTER...                 BOX...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 262 AND
283.
 
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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 9550 3552 9561 3585 9503 3562 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0414Z 240DEG 49KT 3549 9548 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

967 
WWUS54 KTSA 270432
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1132 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKC091-270441-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
MCINTOSH OK-
1132 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MCINTOSH 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
EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3549 9524 3565 9535 3584 9503 3562 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 240DEG 49KT 3561 9523 

$$

OKC021-101-135-270445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160427T0445Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-CHEROKEE OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
1132 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SEQUOYAH...SOUTH CENTRAL CHEROKEE AND NORTHEASTERN
MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 1131 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF GREENLEAF STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 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...
GORE...                           WEBBERS FALLS...
BRAGGS...                         LAKE TENKILLER STATE PARK...
GREENLEAF STATE PARK...           PUMPKIN CENTER...
BOX...                            

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3549 9524 3565 9535 3584 9503 3562 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 240DEG 49KT 3561 9523 

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

$$

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, 11:01 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, 11:24 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.