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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 28, 2020Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2020, 6:31 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2020, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2020-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2020-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 369 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

928 
WFUS54 KTSA 282331
TORTSA
OKC097-290000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0025.200428T2331Z-200429T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
631 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2020

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Mayes County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 700 PM CDT.
    
* At 631 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles southwest of Pryor Creek, moving southeast 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...
  Pryor Creek...                    Chouteau...
  Locust Grove...                   Sportsmen Acres Community...
  Murphy...                         

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 3620 9506 3616 9509 3616 9512 3613 9512
      3607 9517 3607 9520 3622 9544 3628 9543
      3633 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 301DEG 32KT 3625 9537 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 2:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSALeFlore18 hr
Apr 28, 2:27 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee18 hr
Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOsage19 min
Apr 28, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee53 min
Apr 28, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington59 min
Apr 28, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee51 min
Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington66 min
Apr 28, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington63 min
Apr 28, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Apr 28, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata38 min
Apr 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington56 min
Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
Apr 28, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington39 min
Apr 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Delaware, Ottawa, Rogers61 min
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee30 min
Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee39 min
Apr 28, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington52 min
Apr 28, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa29 min
Apr 28, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers28 min
Apr 28, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington50 min
Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAOkmulgee30 min
Apr 28, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Tulsa29 min
Apr 28, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes, Rogers42 min
Apr 28, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner52 min
Apr 28, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTSACreek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner117 min
Apr 28, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more53 min
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 3 more63 min
Apr 28, 6:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSATulsa3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.