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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 30, 2019Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2019, 10:36 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2019, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 10:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHaileyville, OKAUTO BODY BUSINESS HEAVILY DAMAGED IN HAILEYVILLE WITH SOME CUSTOMERS CARS DESTROYED. PICTURES RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Apr 30, 10:50 PM CDTTORNADOHaileyville, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2019-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2019-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

828 
WFUS54 KTSA 010336
TORTSA
OKC121-010400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0028.190501T0336Z-190501T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1036 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.
    
* At 1036 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 6 miles south of Alderson, moving northeast at
  50 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...
  Mcalester...                      Hartshorne...
  Krebs...                          Alderson...
  Blocker...                        Haileyville...
  Featherston...                    Dow...
  Bache...                          

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 3479 9582 3515 9557 3503 9542 3503 9551
      3480 9551 3468 9564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 216DEG 42KT 3481 9568 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Lacy

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Tulsa3 hr
Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 3 more6 hr
Apr 30, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa6 hr
Apr 30, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACherokee29 min
Apr 30, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSADelaware31 min
Apr 30, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair, Cherokee, Muskogee28 min
Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington21 hr
Apr 30, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg41 min
Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair51 min
Apr 30, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg23 min
Apr 30, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha48 min
Apr 30, 10:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg43 min
Apr 30, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah42 min
Apr 30, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha39 min
Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore46 min
Apr 30, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah43 min
Apr 30, 11:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore24 min
May 1, 12:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa18 hr
May 1, 12:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAOttawa61 hr
May 1, 1:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAPittsburg3 hr
May 1, 1:16 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Ottawa18 hr
May 1, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHughes42 min
May 1, 1:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAChoctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
May 1, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee24 min
May 1, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkfuskee41 min
May 1, 2:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACreek17 hr
May 1, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg3 hr
May 1, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee43 min
May 1, 3:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee6 hr
May 1, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg6 hr
May 1, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg26 min
May 1, 4:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell25 min
May 1, 4:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer, Pushmataha42 min
May 1, 4:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore52 min
May 1, 5:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha3 hr
May 1, 7:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more9 hr
May 1, 8:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware30 hr
May 1, 2:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore11 hr
May 1, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more13 hr
May 1, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPittsburg38 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.