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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2016Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 5:38 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 13 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 24, 2016, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 5:51 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Creek County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

190 
WFUS54 KTSA 242238
TORTSA
OKC037-242315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0036.160524T2238Z-160524T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 537 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL
  ROTATION THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME WAS LOCATED 3
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BRISTOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...                        SLICK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 188 AND 198.
 
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 3593 9643 3589 9611 3586 9613 3585 9619
      3568 9619 3564 9628 3564 9629 3586 9649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 304DEG 18KT 3588 9643 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

410 
WWUS54 KTSA 242244
SVSTSA

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

OKC037-242315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160524T2315Z/
CREEK OK-
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTY...
    
AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BRISTOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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...                        SLICK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 190 AND 196.
 
LAT...LON 3590 9638 3589 9611 3586 9613 3585 9619
      3568 9619 3564 9628 3564 9629 3583 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 298DEG 26KT 3585 9637 

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

$$

699 
WWUS54 KTSA 242251
SVSTSA

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

OKC037-242300-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160524T2315Z/
CREEK OK-
551 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CREEK 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.  HOWEVER LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3590 9638 3589 9611 3586 9613 3585 9619
      3568 9619 3564 9628 3564 9629 3583 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 304DEG 18KT 3583 9633 

$$

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, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek	24 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.