Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 63 min |
| Mar 21, 6:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 6:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell | 59 min |
| Mar 21, 6:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 41 min |
| Mar 21, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 54 min |
| Mar 21, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 67 min |
| Mar 21, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 57 min |
| Mar 21, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 53 min |
| Mar 21, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 92 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.