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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 19, 2003Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2003, 4:29 PM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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 19, 2003, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

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 19, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 192129
TORTUL
OKC113-147-192230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
429 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 19
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SKIATOOK. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING NORTH
  AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OCHELATA...
  DEWEY...COPAN...AVANT...BARNSDALL...HULAH...SKIATOOK AND
  BARTLESVILLE.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES
TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER
IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW

LAT...LON 3613 9638 3615 9609 3679 9583 3700 9600

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	33 min
Apr 19, 4:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	35 min
Apr 19, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	48 min
Apr 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	46 min
Apr 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	58 min
Apr 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Tulsa	43 min
Apr 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	63 min
Apr 19, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	39 min
Apr 19, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	50 min
Apr 19, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	51 min
Apr 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	40 min
Apr 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	38 min
Apr 19, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	50 min
Apr 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min

Nearby

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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.