Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2005, 7:26 PM CDT for Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Adair County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 060026
TORTSA
OKC001-060130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0019.050406T0026Z-050406T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
11 MILES SOUTH OF BUNCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUNCH...
STILWELL...MARIETTA...BARON AND WESTVILLE.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3565 9482 3564 9451 3566 9448 3607 9455
3579 9481
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 060033
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
733 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
OKC001-060130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050406T0130Z/
ADAIR OK-
733 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR ADAIR COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTH OF BUNCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUNCH...
STILWELL...MARIETTA...BARON AND WESTVILLE.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3565 9482 3564 9451 3566 9448 3607 9455
3579 9481
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 060054
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
OKC001-060130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050406T0130Z/
ADAIR OK-
754 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR ADAIR COUNTY...
AT 750 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES SOUTHEAST OF STILWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARON AND
WESTVILLE.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3565 9482 3564 9451 3566 9448 3607 9455
3579 9481
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 060118
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
818 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
OKC001-060130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050406T0130Z/
ADAIR OK-
818 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR ADAIR COUNTY...
AT 812 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF BARON TO 14 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF STILWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN STILWELL AT 735 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3565 9482 3564 9451 3566 9448 3607 9455
3579 9481
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 060128
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
828 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
OKC001-060138-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050406T0130Z/
ADAIR OK-
828 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ADAIR COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 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...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.
LAT...LON 3565 9482 3564 9451 3566 9448 3607 9455
3579 9481
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 62 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.