Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2020, 2:09 PM CST for Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 9 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
- Jan 10, 2020, 2:09 PM CST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2020, 2:18 PM CST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
855
WFUS54 KTSA 102009
TORTSA
OKC041-102100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.200110T2009Z-200110T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
209 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Delaware County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 300 PM CST.
* At 207 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Leach, 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...
Colcord... Kansas...
Oaks... Twin Oaks...
Leach... Lake Eucha State Park...
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 3621 9458 3616 9482 3616 9492 3623 9496
3650 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 232DEG 27KT 3618 9489
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
263
WWUS54 KTSA 102018
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
218 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
OKC041-102028-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200110T2100Z/
Delaware OK-
218 PM CST Fri Jan 10 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for northeastern
and east central Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3621 9458 3616 9482 3616 9492 3623 9496
3650 9464
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 232DEG 27KT 3623 9481
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 10:58 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 47 min |
| Jan 10, 11:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Jan 10, 11:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 11:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 25 min |
| Jan 10, 11:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 11:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 12:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 37 min |
| Jan 10, 12:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Jan 10, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 1:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 36 min |
| Jan 10, 1:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 1:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 16 min |
| Jan 10, 1:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Jan 10, 1:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 2:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 3:13 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jan 10, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 3:50 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Sequoyah | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Jan 10, 3:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 3 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Jan 10, 4:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | TSA | Pawnee, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 4:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 5:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.