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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2016Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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 24, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTTORNADO 15 Nw Bristow, OKNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG ROTATIONAL VELOCITY SIGNATURE ON RADAR. VERY LIKELY A TORNADO. SOME INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE REPORTS RECEIVED FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES...INCLUDING LOCAL FIRE AND RESCUE...BROADCAST MEDIA...AND
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTTORNADO5 Nw Bristow, OKNUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE AND BUILDING DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG ROTATIONAL VELOCITY SIGNATURE ON RADAR. VERY LIKELY A TORNADO. SOME INJURIES REPORTED. DAMAGE REPORTS RECEIVED FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES...INCLUDING LOCAL FIRE AND RESCUE...BROADCAST MEDIA...AND
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTHAIL 25 Ne Bristow, OK
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 E Shamrock, OKEXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES AND HOUSES. INJURIES AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. HWY 16 BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND BRISTOW.
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBristow, OKTREES DOWN AT TURNPIKE ENTRANCE AT BRISTOW... RAMP PARTIALLY BLOCKED. DAMAGE TO ONE HOME.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-349 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

045 
WFUS54 KTSA 242221
TORTSA
OKC037-242245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0035.160524T2221Z-160524T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
521 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
    
* AT 521 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  BRISTOW...                        SAPULPA...
  KIEFER...                         MOUNDS...
  KELLYVILLE...                     SLICK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 187 AND 205.
 
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 3599 9653 3597 9603 3586 9603 3585 9619
      3569 9619 3587 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 293DEG 41KT 3591 9648 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
832 
WWUS54 KTSA 242229
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

OKC037-242245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160524T2245Z/
CREEK OK-
529 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CREEK COUNTY...
    
AT 529 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRISTOW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
BRISTOW...                        SAPULPA...
KIEFER...                         MOUNDS...
KELLYVILLE...                     SLICK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 204.
 
LAT...LON 3597 9650 3597 9603 3586 9603 3585 9619
      3569 9619 3587 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 288DEG 16KT 3590 9647 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer35 min
May 23, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore33 min
May 24, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOttawa28 min
May 24, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee46 min
May 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee49 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee38 min
May 24, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee37 min
May 24, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek65 min
May 24, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee46 min
May 24, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee29 min
May 24, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek62 min
May 24, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek13 min
May 24, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Tulsa53 min
May 24, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee44 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner52 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.