Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 6:31 PM CST for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Haskell County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
WFUS54 KTSA 220031
TORTSA
OKC061-220130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0010.050322T0031Z-050322T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
631 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 626 PM CST...RADAR DETECTED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR
COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
ENTERPRISE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ENTERPRISE...
WHITEFIELD...STIGLER...TAMAHA...KEOTA...MC CURTAIN AND MCCURTAIN.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3521 9493 3514 9493 3517 9545 3531 9545
3532 9543 3532 9538 3527 9522 3536 9514
3538 9514 3540 9492 3537 9489 3537 9488
3521 9487
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220058
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
657 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC061-220130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050322T0130Z/
HASKELL OK-
657 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR HASKELL COUNTY...
AT 652 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITEFIELD...
STIGLER...KANIMA...TAMAHA AND KEOTA.
THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AND MAY PASS NORTH OF HASKELL
COUNTY...HOWEVER TORNADO WARNINGS WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS
TREND IS MORE CERTAIN. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE
COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD
BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3524 9494 3524 9497 3525 9541 3531 9545
3532 9543 3532 9538 3527 9522 3536 9514
3538 9514 3540 9492 3537 9489 3537 9488
3525 9488
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220130
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
731 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC061-220141-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050322T0130Z/
HASKELL OK-
731 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CST...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3524 9494 3524 9497 3525 9541 3531 9545
3532 9543 3532 9538 3527 9522 3536 9514
3538 9514 3540 9492 3537 9489 3537 9488
3525 9488
$$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, 6:34 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.