Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 862
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 14, 2005, 9:28 PM CST for 25 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Missouri; 39 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2005, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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.
Warnings issued inside it
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 9:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Howell | 8 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Newton | 42 min |
| Nov 14, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Marion, Searcy | 41 min |
| Nov 14, 10:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 33 min |
| Nov 14, 10:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 42 min |
| Nov 14, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 52 min |
| Nov 14, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LZK | Baxter | 32 min |
| Nov 14, 11:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Newton | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 17 min |
| Nov 15, 12:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 1:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon, Texas | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 150328
SEL2
SPC WW 150328
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-151100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 862
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
930 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND WESTERN ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI
CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA
EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FROM 930 PM UNTIL
500 AM CST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CHANDLER
OKLAHOMA TO 50 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS MISSOURI. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RAPIDLY SPREADING NWD ACROSS
AREA AHEAD OF DEEPENING SYSTEM UPSTREAM. STRONG SHEAR PROFILES IN
SUPPORT OF SUPERCELLS IN PLACE AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE FURTHER
OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND
INTENSITY ALONG AND N OF NWD MOVING WARM FRONT. SUPERCELLS ARE
EXPECTED WITH AN INCREASING THREAT FOR TORNADOES OVERNIGHT AS SEVERE
PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23040.
...HALES
363,0972 373,0910 352,0910 342,0972SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 8:56 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 28 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:22 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 28 more | 113 min |
| Nov 15, 6:04 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 66 more | 116 min |
| Nov 15, 7:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Columbia and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clay and 34 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 67 more | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland and 30 more | 116 min |
| Nov 14, 11:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 12 more | 97 min |
| Nov 15, 2:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Dade, Henry and 3 more | 63 min |
| Nov 15, 7:47 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 8:31 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dallas and 19 more | 59 min |
| Nov 15, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 5 more | 7 hr |
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.