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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:12 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
- May 9, 2016, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 3 | 2 Sw Boswell, OK | *** 2 INJ *** LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE ON PIGEON ROOST ROAD SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. UPDATE 5/10/16 TWO KNOWN INJURIES...ONE FROM A DESTROYED MOBILE HOME. STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSIGNED A PRELIMINARY EF3 RATING WITH MAX WINDS IN THE 135 TO 145 |
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Boswell, OK | *** 2 INJ *** LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE ON PIGEON ROOST ROAD SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. UPDATE 5/10/16 TWO KNOWN INJURIES...ONE FROM A DESTROYED MOBILE HOME. |
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Boswell, OK | LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE ON PIGEON ROOST ROAD SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
409
WFUS54 KTSA 092312
TORTSA
OKC023-100000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0030.160509T2312Z-160510T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
612 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH
OF BENNINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... GOODLAND...
SPEER... GAY...
UNGER...
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 3387 9584 3391 9588 3392 9591 3394 9594
3412 9594 3414 9595 3416 9556 3389 9552
3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3392 9561
3391 9564 3391 9567 3389 9569 3388 9571
3390 9575 3387 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 263DEG 28KT 3396 9605
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
693 follow-up statements
261
WWUS54 KTSA 092324
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
624 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160510T0000Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
624 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 623 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED NEAR BOSWELL...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... GOODLAND...
SPEER... GAY...
UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3387 9584 3391 9588 3392 9591 3394 9594
3412 9594 3414 9595 3416 9556 3389 9552
3388 9554 3393 9556 3394 9560 3392 9561
3391 9564 3391 9567 3389 9569 3388 9571
3390 9575 3387 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 266DEG 26KT 3402 9592
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
69531
WWUS54 KTSA 092337
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
637 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160510T0000Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
637 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 636 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BOSWELL... SOPER...
KENT... GOODLAND...
SPEER... GAY...
UNGER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3394 9585 3409 9591 3416 9556 3392 9552
3394 9560 3392 9561 3391 9564 3391 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 270DEG 23KT 3401 9582
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
69443
WWUS54 KTSA 092349
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
649 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160510T0000Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
649 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 649 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOPER...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
SOPER... KENT...
GOODLAND... SPEER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3397 9574 3412 9576 3416 9556 3395 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 266DEG 31KT 3401 9567
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 30 min |
| May 8, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 27 min |
| May 9, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 52 min |
| May 9, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 23 min |
| May 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 28 min |
| May 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 45 min |
| May 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 19 min |
| May 9, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 9, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.