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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 24, 2005Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2005, 8:51 PM CST for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 69 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 24, 2005, 8:51 PM CST (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2005, 10:00 PM CST
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 24, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 728 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 250251
SVRTSA
OKC143-250400-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0049.050325T0251Z-050325T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
851 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 848 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
WINDS   TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF 
TULSA...MOVING   NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROKEN
  ARROW...OWASSO AND COLLINSVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 3641 9604 3600 9603 3601 9577 3645 9579

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 250317
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

OKC143-250400-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050325T0400Z/
TULSA OK-
915 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
TULSA COUNTY...

AT 914 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF TULSA...MOVING EAST AT 
15 MPH. ANOTHER STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS 
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF JENKS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BROKEN ARROW 
AND SOUTH TULSA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3641 9604 3600 9603 3601 9577 3645 9579

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 250323
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
922 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

OKC143-250400-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050325T0400Z/
TULSA OK-
922 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
TULSA COUNTY...

AT 918 PM CST...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT 
WAS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 44TH AND SHERIDAN. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF JENKS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEONARD AND
BROKEN ARROW.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. 

LAT...LON 3613 9594 3587 9604 3591 9577 3620 9582

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 250357
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
957 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

OKC143-250407-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050325T0400Z/
TULSA OK-
957 PM CST THU MAR 24 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TULSA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1000
PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


LAT...LON 3613 9594 3587 9604 3591 9577 3620 9582

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg66 min
Mar 24, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Osage, Washington67 min
Mar 24, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell66 min
Mar 24, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa40 min
Mar 24, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh54 min
Mar 24, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee67 min
Mar 24, 7:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer66 min
Mar 24, 7:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg65 min
Mar 24, 7:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers75 min
Mar 24, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee59 min
Mar 24, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek55 min
Mar 24, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee64 min
Mar 24, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig58 min
Mar 24, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha56 min
Mar 24, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa62 min
Mar 24, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore64 min
Mar 24, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee63 min
Mar 24, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata63 min
Mar 24, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Mar 24, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer66 min
Mar 24, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah63 min
Mar 24, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa75 min
Mar 24, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington67 min
Mar 24, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers79 min
Mar 24, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig60 min
Mar 24, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner80 min
Mar 24, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee54 min
Mar 24, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore63 min
Mar 24, 9:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware81 min
Mar 24, 9:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata62 min
Mar 24, 9:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers48 min
Mar 24, 10:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa66 min
Mar 24, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee65 min
Mar 24, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Wagoner65 min
Mar 24, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers79 min
Mar 24, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair64 min
Mar 24, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah81 min

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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.