Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2005, 9:40 PM CST for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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, 9:40 PM CST (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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 nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 220340
SVRTSA
OKC037-143-220445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0021.050322T0340Z-050322T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
940 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 936 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SAPULPA TO SAPULPA TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KIEFER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KIEFER...
GLENPOOL...JENKS...TULSA...BROKEN ARROW AND OWASSO.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3606 9620 3597 9614 3586 9618 3601 9576
3618 9582 3632 9582
$$5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220354
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
952 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC037-143-220445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
TULSA OK-CREEK OK-
952 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES.
AT 949 PM CST...A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPBLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAY TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAPULPA TO 2 MILES
WEST OF KIEFER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THIS LINE WILL TRACK OVER OR NEAR
SAPULPA AND DOWNTOWN TULSA.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3606 9620 3597 9614 3586 9618 3601 9576
3618 9582 3632 9582
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220404
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1003 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC037-143-220445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
TULSA OK-CREEK OK-
1003 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES...
AT 958 PM CST...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT
WAS PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL OVER SAPULPA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN TULSA AREA.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3606 9620 3597 9614 3586 9618 3601 9576
3618 9582 3632 9582
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220422
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1021 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC037-143-220445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
TULSA OK-CREEK OK-
1021 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
EASTERN CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES...
AT 1019 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
WEST OF OWASSO TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TULSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. THE STORMS WERE WEAKENING...BUT STILL MAY PULSE BACK UP.
LAT...LON 3606 9620 3597 9614 3586 9618 3601 9576
3618 9582 3632 9582
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220434
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1032 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC037-220442-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
CREEK OK-
1032 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CREEK COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO TULSA COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3617 9601 3616 9593 3618 9587 3643 9583
3643 9593
$$
OKC143-220445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
TULSA OK-
1032 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY...
AT 1028 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWASSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THE STORM WAS WEAKENING AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE OWASSO AREA AND
THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY.
LAT...LON 3617 9601 3616 9593 3618 9587 3643 9583
3643 9593
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220440
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1040 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC143-220450-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050322T0445Z/
TULSA OK-
1040 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TULSA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3617 9601 3616 9593 3618 9587 3643 9583
3643 9593
$$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, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 58 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, 9:52 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.