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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tulsa, OK
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Nw Bristow, OK | NUMEROUS 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 CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Bristow, OK | NUMEROUS 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 CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Ne Bristow, OK | |
| May 24, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Shamrock, OK | EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES AND HOUSES. INJURIES AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. HWY 16 BETWEEN SHAMROCK AND BRISTOW. |
| May 24, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bristow, OK | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 35 min |
| May 23, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 33 min |
| May 24, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 28 min |
| May 24, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 46 min |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee | 29 min |
| May 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 13 min |
| May 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 53 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 44 min |
| May 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 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.