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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2020, 12:49 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 1, 2020, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2020, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:16 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 Nw Haywood, OK | BROADCAST MEDIA CHASER REPORTS WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1092 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted.
054
WFUS54 KTSA 010549
TORTSA
OKC121-010615-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0047.200901T0549Z-200901T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1249 AM CDT Tue Sep 1 2020
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 115 AM CDT.
* At 1248 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Stuart, moving northeast at 20 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...
Arpelar...
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 3502 9609 3505 9604 3491 9594 3486 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 240DEG 17KT 3493 9609
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 7:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Sep 1, 2:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 8:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 10:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 18 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Sep 1, 10:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 6 hr |
| Sep 1, 10:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore | 18 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 21 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.