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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 21, 2005Haskell County, Oklahoma

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 142 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 6:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee63 min
Mar 21, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee58 min
Mar 21, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg49 min
Mar 21, 6:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh41 min
Mar 21, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee54 min
Mar 21, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek55 min
Mar 21, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha61 min
Mar 21, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAChoctaw67 min
Mar 21, 9:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee57 min
Mar 21, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa65 min
Mar 21, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee53 min
Mar 21, 9:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Pushmataha92 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.