Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 5, 2005, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)

Expired

Apr 5, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Haskell County, OK

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KTSA 052358 RRA
TORTSA
OKC061-060045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0018.050405T2357Z-050406T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
657 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
  STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR
  COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM TAMAHA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCCURTAIN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MC CURTAIN...
  MCCURTAIN AND KEOTA.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...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

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES 
TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER
IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3542 9504 3544 9501 3544 9497 3541 9496
      3540 9492 3537 9489 3538 9486 3534 9481
      3522 9482 3521 9493 3507 9493 3506 9510

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 060025
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
724 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

OKC061-060045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050406T0045Z/
HASKELL OK-
724 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR HASKELL COUNTY...

AT 720 PM CDT...PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 
KEOTA.

AT 720 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR KEOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3527 9497 3532 9499 3537 9489 3538 9486
      3534 9481 3522 9482 3521 9493 3522 9492

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 060043
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
743 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

OKC061-060053-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050406T0045Z/
HASKELL OK-
743 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3527 9497 3532 9499 3537 9489 3538 9486
      3534 9481 3522 9482 3521 9493 3522 9492

$$

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