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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2022, 6:50 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
- May 2, 2022, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2022, 7:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
675
WFUS54 KTSA 022350
TORTSA
OKC113-117-030030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0021.220502T2350Z-220503T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
650 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Southeastern Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 647 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Hallett, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Hominy... Cleveland...
Osage... Hallett...
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 3619 9661 3633 9665 3661 9621 3630 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 246DEG 30KT 3627 9656
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
851
WWUS54 KTSA 030001
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
701 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022
OKC113-117-030030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220503T0030Z/
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
701 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cleveland, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Hominy... Cleveland...
Osage...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 9651 3633 9655 3653 9618 3630 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 256DEG 23KT 3627 9647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$696
WWUS54 KTSA 030014
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
714 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022
OKC113-117-030024-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220503T0030Z/
Osage OK-Pawnee OK-
714 PM CDT Mon May 2 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.
LAT...LON 3621 9651 3633 9655 3653 9618 3630 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 246DEG 30KT 3632 9634
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:53 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 21 hr |
| May 2, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 34 min |
| May 2, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 33 min |
| May 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 28 min |
| May 2, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 26 min |
| May 2, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 43 min |
| May 2, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| May 2, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 39 min |
| May 2, 8:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 6 days |
| May 2, 8:24 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 48 hr |
| May 2, 8:26 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 28 hr |
| May 2, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| May 2, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 36 min |
| May 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 35 min |
| May 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 37 min |
| May 2, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Sequoyah | 31 min |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 52 min |
| May 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 55 min |
| May 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 51 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 49 min |
| May 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 41 min |
| May 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 1 more | 49 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.