Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2017, 11:33 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Okfuskee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. 2 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
- Apr 25, 2017, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2017, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:53 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Nnw Stidham, OK | OCCURRED AT TIGER MOUNTAIN AND I40 |
| Apr 26, 12:08 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Stidham, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KTSA 260433
TORTSA
OKC091-107-111-260500-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.170426T0433Z-170426T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1133 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern McIntosh County in southeastern Oklahoma...
South central Okmulgee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...
* Until midnight CDT
* At 1133 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Dustin, moving northeast at 40 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...
Henryetta... Dewar...
Grayson... Hoffman...
Stidham... Pierce...
This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 238 and
252.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3556 9584 3536 9563 3525 9598 3529 9598
3529 9607 3532 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 238DEG 36KT 3530 9601
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
323
WWUS54 KTSA 260442
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1142 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
OKC107-260451-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170426T0500Z/
Okfuskee OK-
1142 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
southeastern, northeastern and east central Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3556 9584 3536 9563 3526 9597 3529 9598
3537 9598 3538 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 239DEG 32KT 3532 9595
$$
OKC091-111-260500-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170426T0500Z/
McIntosh OK-Okmulgee OK-
1142 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTIES...
At 1141 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Dustin, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. Spotters just reported a funnel
cloud.
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...
Grayson... Hoffman...
Stidham... Pierce...
This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 239 and
252.
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 3556 9584 3536 9563 3526 9597 3529 9598
3537 9598 3538 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 239DEG 32KT 3532 9595
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$771
WWUS54 KTSA 260451
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1151 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
OKC111-260500-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170426T0500Z/
Okmulgee OK-
1151 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OKMULGEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
southeastern and northeastern Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3538 9588 3545 9588 3547 9586 3547 9582
3552 9582 3536 9563 3532 9586 3532 9590
3538 9592
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 240DEG 32KT 3536 9585
$$
OKC091-260500-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170426T0500Z/
McIntosh OK-
1151 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCINTOSH COUNTY...
At 1150 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Raiford, moving northeast at 35 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...
Stidham...
This includes Interstate 40 in Oklahoma between mile markers 244 and
252.
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 3538 9588 3545 9588 3547 9586 3547 9582
3552 9582 3536 9563 3532 9586 3532 9590
3538 9592
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 240DEG 32KT 3536 9585
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 36 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 36 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 13 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 27 min |
| Apr 25, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 11:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 20 min |
| Apr 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 11:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Sequoyah, Wagoner | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 4:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee | 115 min |
| Apr 26, 4:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 20 min |
| Apr 26, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 7:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 7:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 36 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 42 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 38 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 44 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 6 days |
| Apr 26, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 3 hr |
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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.