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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:28 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Pawnee, OK | NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. TIME IS RADAR ESTIMATED. |
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, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 9, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted.
930
WFUS54 KTSA 092328
TORTSA
OKC117-100000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0031.160509T2328Z-160510T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
628 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MORRISON...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...
PAWNEE...
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
TULSA.
&&
LAT...LON 3640 9678 3622 9674 3623 9682 3624 9682
3625 9684 3625 9692 3633 9693 3633 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 251DEG 26KT 3628 9697
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
163
WWUS54 KTSA 092339
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC117-100000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160510T0000Z/
PAWNEE OK-
639 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...
AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
PAWNEE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3640 9678 3622 9674 3623 9682 3624 9682
3625 9684 3625 9692 3633 9693 3633 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 251DEG 26KT 3631 9687
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$The 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, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 48 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.