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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:02 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Hugo, OK | STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS ASSIGNED A PRELIMINARY EF1 RATING...WITH MAX WINDS IN THE 95 TO 105 MPH RANGE. |
| May 9, 7:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | Hugo, OK | |
| May 9, 7:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nne Sawyer, OK |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
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WFUS54 KTSA 092353
TORTSA
OKC023-100045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0033.160509T2353Z-160510T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
653 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
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...
HUGO... FORT TOWSON...
SAWYER... SOPER...
HUGO LAKE STATE PARK... MESSER...
RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK... KENT...
GOODLAND... SPEER...
APPLE... SWINK...
FALLON... HUSKEY...
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 9573 3413 9576 3415 9563 3416 9516
3394 9516 3396 9522 3396 9523 3395 9523
3394 9525 3393 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 266DEG 30KT 3401 9564
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
693 follow-up statements
912
WWUS54 KTSA 100006
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
706 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160510T0045Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
706 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 704 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUGO...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL
ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR UNGER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HUGO... FORT TOWSON...
SAWYER... SOPER...
HUGO LAKE STATE PARK... MESSER...
RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK... KENT...
GOODLAND... SPEER...
APPLE... SWINK...
FALLON... HUSKEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3397 9573 3413 9576 3415 9563 3416 9516
3394 9516 3396 9522 3396 9523 3395 9523
3394 9525 3393 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 264DEG 32KT 3402 9551
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
69115
WWUS54 KTSA 100018
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
718 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160510T0045Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
718 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 717 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MESSER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW
LEVEL ROTATION WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SOPER...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
HUGO... FORT TOWSON...
SAWYER... SOPER...
HUGO LAKE STATE PARK... MESSER...
RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK... KENT...
GOODLAND... SPEER...
APPLE... SWINK...
FALLON... HUSKEY...
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 3399 9570 3412 9571 3415 9563 3416 9516
3394 9516 3396 9522 3396 9523 3395 9523
3394 9525 3393 9525
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 242DEG 25KT 3408 9542
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
69077
WWUS54 KTSA 100036
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
736 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
OKC023-100045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160510T0045Z/
CHOCTAW OK-
736 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HUGO... FORT TOWSON...
SAWYER... HUGO LAKE STATE PARK...
MESSER... APPLE...
SWINK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3402 9555 3415 9550 3416 9516 3400 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 254DEG 22KT 3412 9530
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
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, 6:12 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, 6:45 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 |
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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.