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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 10:23 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min. 8 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 18, 2017, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Muskogee County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 18, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 5 Sse Haskell, OK | |
| May 18, 10:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Redbird, OK | A TORNADO UPROOTED TREES...BLEW OVER A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM...AND SNAPPED POWER POLES. |
| May 18, 10:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Redbird, OK | A TORNADO UPROOTED TREES...BLEW OVER A CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM...AND SNAPPED POWER POLES. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE...THE RATING IS EF-1. |
| May 18, 10:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Porter, OK | WAGONER COUNTY EM REPORTS AT LEAST 2 TO 3 MOBILE HOMES WERE OVERTURNED. |
| May 18, 10:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 86 | Porter, OK | |
| May 18, 10:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Porter, OK | A TORNADO DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS...ROLLED MOBILE HOMES...UPROOTED TREES...DAMAGED HOMES...AND BLEW DOWN POWER POLES. |
| May 18, 10:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Porter, OK | A TORNADO DESTROYED OUTBUILDINGS...ROLLED MOBILE HOMES...UPROOTED TREES...DAMAGED HOMES...AND BLEW DOWN POWER POLES. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE...THE RATING IS EF-1. |
| May 18, 10:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nnw Muskogee, OK | A TORNADO DESTROYED A METAL FRAMED BUILDING...BLEW THE ROOF OFF AN APARTMENT BUILDING...DAMAGED BUSINESSES...SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES...AND BLEW DOWN POWER POLES. BASED ON THIS DAMAGE...THE RATING IS EF-2. |
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 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
080
WFUS54 KTSA 190323
TORTSA
OKC101-145-190400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0029.170519T0323Z-170519T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1023 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Wagoner County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Muskogee County in east central Oklahoma...
* Until 1100 PM CDT
* At 1023 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 4 miles north of Boynton, moving northeast at
40 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...
Muskogee... Wagoner...
Porter... Taft...
Boynton... Tullahassee...
Jamesville...
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 3574 9576 3595 9540 3579 9529 3563 9568
3568 9572 3572 9571 3572 9575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 240DEG 35KT 3571 9566
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
798
WWUS54 KTSA 190329
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1029 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
OKC101-145-190400-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170519T0400Z/
Wagoner OK-Muskogee OK-
1029 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAGONER AND NORTHWESTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...
At 1029 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles west of Taft, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Muskogee... Wagoner...
Porter... Taft...
Tullahassee... Jamesville...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 9568 3595 9540 3579 9529 3568 9556
3573 9561 3576 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 237DEG 38KT 3577 9560
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 43 min |
| May 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 32 min |
| May 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 45 min |
| May 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 24 min |
| May 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa | 35 min |
| May 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 42 min |
| May 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington | 48 min |
| May 18, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 115 min |
| May 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 24 min |
| May 18, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 48 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 18, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 65 min |
| May 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 42 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 36 min |
| May 18, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| May 18, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 38 min |
| May 18, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 47 min |
| May 18, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 38 min |
| May 18, 10:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Rogers | 3 hr |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 44 min |
| May 18, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| May 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware | 43 min |
| May 18, 11:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 41 min |
| May 18, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 48 min |
| May 18, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| May 18, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 62 min |
| May 19, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 19, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| May 19, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 23 hr |
| May 19, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 62 hr |
| May 19, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 71 hr |
| May 19, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 38 hr |
| May 19, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 71 hr |
| May 19, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 4 days |
| May 19, 8:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 5 days |
| May 19, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 33 min |
| May 19, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 23 min |
| May 19, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 27 min |
| May 19, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 43 min |
| May 19, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 26 min |
| May 19, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 3 days |
| May 19, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 41 min |
| May 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 27 min |
| May 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 42 min |
| May 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 30 min |
| May 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 119 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 2 min |
| May 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 8 hr |
| May 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Wagoner | 60 min |
| May 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 62 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.