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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 5, 2005Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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: Apr 5, 2005, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 674 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 052106
SVRTSA
OKC147-052200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0073.050405T2106Z-050405T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
406 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  WINDS TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  VERA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...VERA...
  RAMONA...OCHELATA...BARTLESVILLE AND DEWEY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3695 9579 3695 9581 3692 9582 3644 9582
      3644 9591 3644 9600 3672 9601 3699 9585
      3699 9579

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
351 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
EXPERIMENTAL CONVECTIVE GUST CALCULATIONS ARE GIVING 72 TO 77 MPH AS
A PEAK AHEAD OF THE CURRENT STORM LINE.  NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS TREND TO
INVERTED V SOUNDINGS ALSO SUGGESTING AN ENAHNCED WIND DAMGE THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR
THE AREA FROM INTERSTATE 40 NORTH TO THE KANSAS BORDER.
TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.

AR...TORNADO WATCH SEBASTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 9 PM.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-061000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
330 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL
AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS UNTIL 9 PM...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
UNTIL 9 PM...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
        AREA....SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
        ONSET....AFTER 300 PM.
        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 300 PM.
	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
        NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.

SIGNIFICANT WINDS (NON THUNDERSTORM).
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...ELEVATED...SPREAD INDEX=60.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
        ONSET...ONGOING.
        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ERUPTED THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
DRYLINE MOVING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE QUICKLY FORMING INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL
TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE THREAT
FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE GREATEST
TORNADO THREAT WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THROUGH EARLY
EVENING WHERE INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE MAXIMIZED.

THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY
AROUND MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HOWEVER MAY
DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT...AS MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES INCREASE...AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT COULD LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
COLD AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE
THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
NEXT WEEKEND AS THE NEXT MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE
AREA. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS SYSTEM.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
236 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

ARZ029-OKZ049-053-073>076-060200-
SEBASTIAN AR-CHOCTAW OK-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-PITTSBURG OK-PUSHMATAHA OK-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 125 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

SEBASTIAN

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

CHOCTAW               HASKELL               LATIMER
LE FLORE              PITTSBURG             PUSHMATAHA

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUGO...STIGLER...FORT SMITH...
MCALESTER...ANTLERS...CLAYTON...POTEAU AND WILBURTON

ARZ001>002-010>011-019>020-OKZ054>072-060200-
BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CRAWFORD AR-FRANKLIN AR-
MADISON AR-WASHINGTON AR-ADAIR OK-CHEROKEE OK-CRAIG OK-
CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-MCINTOSH OK-MAYES OK-MUSKOGEE OK-
NOWATA OK-OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-
PAWNEE OK-ROGERS OK-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
124 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREA...

IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS

BENTON                CARROLL               CRAWFORD
MADISON               WASHINGTON

IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS

FRANKLIN

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

CHEROKEE              MUSKOGEE              OKFUSKEE
SEQUOYAH

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

ADAIR                 CRAIG                 CREEK
DELAWARE              MAYES                 NOWATA
OKMULGEE              OSAGE                 OTTAWA
PAWNEE                ROGERS                TULSA
WAGONER               WASHINGTON

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

MCINTOSH

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROGERS...BENTONVILLE...CHECOTAH...
EUFAULA...CLAREMORE...CATOOSA...SALLISAW...OZARK...CHARLESTON...
JAY...PAWHUSKA...TAHLEQUAH...BARTLESVILLE...NOWATA...OKEMAH...
CHOUTEAU...MUSKOGEE...STILWELL...MARIETTA...WESTVILLE...
BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...TULSA...WAGONER...COWETA...
VAN BUREN...FAYETTEVILLE...SPRINGDALE...OKMULGEE...HENRYETTA...
PAWNEE...MIAMI...HUNTSVILLE...VINITA AND SAPULPA

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:44 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
344 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             5 S BRISTOW             35.76N 96.39W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        CREEK              OK   PUBLIC

0328 PM     HAIL             10 S SLICK              35.63N 96.27W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        OKFUSKEE           OK   PUBLIC

0320 PM     HAIL             10 W PAWHUSKA           36.67N 96.52W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        OSAGE              OK   STORM CHASER

0311 PM     HAIL             2 E SHIDLER             36.78N 96.62W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        OSAGE              OK   PUBLIC

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0328 PM     HAIL             10 W SAND SPRINGS       36.14N 96.29W
04/05/2005  0.75 INCH        TULSA              OK   PUBLIC

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:52 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
352 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E MASON               35.57N 96.33W
04/05/2005                   OKFUSKEE           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SHEET METAL BLOWN OFF ROOF OF HAY BARN.

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:53 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
353 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             1 E MASON               35.57N 96.33W
04/05/2005  0.88 INCH        OKFUSKEE           OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SFP

Local storm report, Apr 5, 3:59 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
359 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0329 PM     HAIL             SLICK                   35.78N 96.27W
04/05/2005  1.00 INCH        CREEK              OK   PUBLIC

&&

SFP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	55 min
Apr 5, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	54 min
Apr 5, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	62 min
Apr 5, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	56 min
Apr 5, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	59 min
Apr 5, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	47 min
Apr 5, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	47 min
Apr 5, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	70 min
Apr 5, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	67 min
Apr 5, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	64 min
Apr 5, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	64 min
Apr 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	91 min
Apr 5, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	69 min
Apr 5, 4:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Washington	38 min
Apr 5, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	90 min
Apr 5, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	89 min
Apr 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	91 min
Apr 5, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa, Washington	64 min
Apr 5, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	47 min
Apr 5, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	84 min
Apr 5, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	48 min
Apr 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	92 min
Apr 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	117 min
Apr 5, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	65 min
Apr 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	61 min
Apr 5, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	88 min
Apr 5, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	83 min
Apr 5, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	55 min
Apr 5, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell	50 min
Apr 5, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	83 min
Apr 5, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw	66 min
Apr 5, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	47 min
Apr 5, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	57 min
Apr 5, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore	54 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	48 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell	48 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.