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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 29, 2016Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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 29, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

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 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -903 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.0

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The text

As transmitted.

598 
WFUS54 KTSA 292337
TORTSA
OKC107-300015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0029.160429T2337Z-160430T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
637 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
    
* AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF CROMWELL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  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...
  OKEMAH...                         WELEETKA...
  BEARDEN...                        CASTLE...
  CLEARVIEW...                      PHAROAH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
231.
 
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 3555 9627 3555 9609 3531 9610 3529 9634
      3529 9644 3546 9644 3546 9647 3549 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 256DEG 26KT 3540 9645 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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3 follow-up statements

006 
WWUS54 KTSA 292348
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
648 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC107-300015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160430T0015Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
648 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY...
    
AT 647 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF OKEMAH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

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...
OKEMAH...                         WELEETKA...
BEARDEN...                        CASTLE...
CLEARVIEW...                      PHAROAH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND
231.
 
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 3555 9627 3555 9609 3531 9610 3529 9634
      3529 9644 3546 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 255DEG 28KT 3542 9633 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

69

768 
WWUS54 KTSA 292354
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
654 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC107-300015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160430T0015Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
654 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
OKFUSKEE COUNTY...
    
AT 654 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER OKEMAH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

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...
OKEMAH...                         WELEETKA...
CASTLE...                         CLEARVIEW...
PHAROAH...                        

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND
231.
 
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 3555 9627 3555 9609 3531 9610 3532 9633
      3542 9641 3548 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 257DEG 27KT 3543 9627 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

69

436 
WWUS54 KTSA 300014
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
714 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

OKC107-300023-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160430T0015Z/
OKFUSKEE OK-
714 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OKFUSKEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715
PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER WINDS OF
60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FURTHER EAST WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3555 9627 3555 9609 3531 9610 3532 9633
      3542 9641 3548 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 256DEG 26KT 3543 9627 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw	31 min
Apr 29, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	45 min
Apr 29, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	34 min
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	47 min
Apr 29, 6:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
Apr 29, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	37 hr
Apr 29, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	51 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	23 min
Apr 29, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	LeFlore	24 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	44 min
Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha	23 min
Apr 29, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	33 min
Apr 29, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	33 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Sequoyah	49 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
Apr 29, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	29 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	22 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okmulgee	24 min
Apr 29, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	25 min
Apr 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pushmataha	25 min
Apr 29, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	20 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Ottawa	27 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	41 min
Apr 29, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	43 min
Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	19 min
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	15 min
Apr 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee	25 min
Apr 29, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig	31 min
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	31 min

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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.