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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 19 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 7:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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
| 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
280
WFUS54 KTSA 092345
TORTSA
OKC117-100015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.160509T2345Z-160510T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
645 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 645 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER PAWNEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
PAWNEE... BLACKBURN...
SKEDEE...
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 3643 9670 3642 9668 3643 9664 3640 9661
3638 9660 3637 9657 3639 9656 3636 9653
3633 9657 3632 9657 3631 9656 3631 9650
3632 9649 3630 9647 3628 9684 3637 9686
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 250DEG 29KT 3632 9679
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$2 follow-up statements
478
WWUS54 KTSA 092355
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
655 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC117-100015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160510T0015Z/
PAWNEE OK-
655 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PAWNEE COUNTY...
AT 654 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SKEDEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BLACKBURN... SKEDEE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3643 9670 3642 9668 3643 9664 3640 9661
3638 9660 3637 9657 3639 9656 3636 9653
3633 9657 3632 9657 3631 9656 3631 9650
3632 9649 3630 9647 3630 9675 3640 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 250DEG 29KT 3635 9670
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$847
WWUS54 KTSA 100004
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
704 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC117-100014-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160510T0015Z/
PAWNEE OK-
704 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3643 9670 3642 9668 3643 9664 3640 9661
3638 9660 3637 9657 3639 9656 3636 9653
3633 9657 3632 9657 3631 9656 3631 9650
3632 9649 3630 9647 3630 9675 3640 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 250DEG 29KT 3638 9660
$$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, 6:28 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, 6:47 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.