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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Haileyville, OK | AUTO BODY BUSINESS HEAVILY DAMAGED IN HAILEYVILLE WITH SOME CUSTOMERS CARS DESTROYED. PICTURES RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Apr 30, 10:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | Haileyville, 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 30, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 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.
- 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
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
$$
LacyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 28 min |
| Apr 30, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington | 21 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 24 min |
| May 1, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 18 hr |
| May 1, 12:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 61 hr |
| May 1, 1:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| May 1, 1:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 18 hr |
| May 1, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Hughes | 42 min |
| May 1, 1:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 1, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 24 min |
| May 1, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okfuskee | 41 min |
| May 1, 2:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 17 hr |
| May 1, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| May 1, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 6 hr |
| May 1, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 6 hr |
| May 1, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 25 min |
| May 1, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 1, 5:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 1, 7:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more | 9 hr |
| May 1, 8:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 30 hr |
| May 1, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 11 hr |
| May 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more | 13 hr |
| May 1, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 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.