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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 21, 2005Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2005, 6:17 PM CST for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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
Mar 21, 2005, 6:17 PM CST (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2005, 7:15 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 21, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000
WUUS54 KTSA 220017
SVRTSA
OKC113-117-220115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0013.050322T0017Z-050322T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WESTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES WEST OF RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RALSTON...
  FAIRFAX...BURBANK AND SHIDLER.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 3644 9722 3629 9710 3658 9637 3701 9688

$$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220037
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
637 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

OKC113-117-220115-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050322T0115Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
637 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR 
WESTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN OSAGE COUNTIES...

AT 635 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST
OF RALSTON TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RALSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RALSTON...WEBB
CITY...APPERSON...BURBANK...FAIRFAX AND SHIDLER.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA. 

LAT...LON 3644 9722 3629 9710 3646 9667 3658 9637
      3701 9688

$$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220111
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
711 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

OKC113-117-220121-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050322T0115Z/
OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-
711 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN 
OSAGE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 715 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

LAT...LON 3644 9722 3629 9710 3646 9667 3658 9637
      3701 9688

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee63 min
Mar 21, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg49 min
Mar 21, 6:31 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAHaskell59 min
Mar 21, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh41 min
Mar 21, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee54 min
Mar 21, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek55 min
Mar 21, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
Mar 21, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw67 min
Mar 21, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee57 min
Mar 21, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa65 min
Mar 21, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee53 min
Mar 21, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha92 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.