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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2005, 4:22 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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.
| 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 052122
TORTSA
OKC147-052200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0011.050405T2122Z-050405T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
422 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES WEST OF RAMONA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RAMONA...
OCHELATA...BARTLESVILLE AND DEWEY.
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
LAT...LON 3695 9579 3695 9581 3692 9582 3657 9583
3644 9592 3644 9600 3674 9601 3699 9587
3699 9579
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 052134 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
435 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
OKC147-052200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050405T2200Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
435 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 433 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES NORTHEAST OF OCHELATA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARTLESVILLE AND
DEWEY.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3695 9579 3695 9581 3692 9582 3657 9583
3644 9592 3644 9600 3674 9601 3699 9587
3699 9579
$$000 WWUS54 KTSA 052147 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 447 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 OKC147-052200- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050405T2200Z/ WASHINGTON OK- 447 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 446 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BARTLESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DEWEY. LAT...LON 3691 9582 3666 9582 3663 9601 3683 9599 $$
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, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 54 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, 4:30 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 |
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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.