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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 9, 2018, 9:49 AM CDT for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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
- Oct 9, 2018, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2018, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 9:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Paden, OK | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN |
| Oct 9, 10:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Welty, OK | MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES BROKEN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
115
WFUS54 KTSA 091449
TORTSA
OKC037-107-091530-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0023.181009T1449Z-181009T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
949 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Creek County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Okfuskee County in east central Oklahoma...
* Until 1030 AM CDT.
* At 949 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing tornadoes
that may not be visible due to heavy rain was located 3 miles
northwest of Paden, moving northeast at 35 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... Slick...
Welty...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 189 and 196.
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 3557 9662 3565 9662 3593 9634 3568 9620
3551 9659 3550 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 231DEG 30KT 3556 9659
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
378
WWUS54 KTSA 091505
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1005 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
OKC037-107-091530-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-181009T1530Z/
Creek OK-Okfuskee OK-
1005 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CREEK AND NORTH CENTRAL OKFUSKEE COUNTIES...
At 1005 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Welty, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Bristow... Slick...
Welty...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 193 and 196.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3561 9652 3592 9634 3568 9620 3565 9627
3559 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 227DEG 27KT 3564 9645
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$980
WWUS54 KTSA 091531
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1031 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
OKC037-107-091541-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-181009T1530Z/
Creek OK-Okfuskee OK-
1031 AM CDT TUE OCT 9 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CREEK AND NORTH CENTRAL
OKFUSKEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore the warning has
been allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 PM CDT for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3561 9652 3592 9634 3568 9620 3565 9627
3559 9648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 231DEG 30KT 3577 9625
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 9:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 52 min |
| Oct 9, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 45 min |
| Oct 9, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage and 1 more | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 50 min |
| Oct 9, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 41 min |
| Oct 9, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Oct 9, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 18 min |
| Oct 9, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 49 min |
| Oct 9, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 66 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.