Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 4:25 PM CST for Cherokee County, Okfuskee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 68 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2005, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherokee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 515 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 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 122226
TORTSA
OKC021-135-122300-
/X.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.050112T2225Z-050112T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
425 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
WESTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 421 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES NORTHWEST OF GORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TAHLEQUAH
...SHORT...COOKSON AND TENKILLER DAM.
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 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3535 9451 3531 9450 3534 9459 3528 9467
3531 9466 3535 9471 3535 9481 3538 9486
3537 9489 3544 9497 3547 9506 3554 9513
3582 9513 3607 9496 3568 9481 3565 9486
3565 9447 3540 9444
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS54 KTSA 212105 TORTSA OKC107-212200- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.050321T2105Z-050321T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 305 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKFUSKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 400 PM CST * AT 303 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEARDEN... CASTLE...OKEMAH AND OKFUSKEE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3528 9669 3516 9653 3553 9608 3566 9630 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 212126 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 324 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 OKC107-212200- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050321T2200Z/ OKFUSKEE OK- 324 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR OKFUSKEE COUNTY... AT 320 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF BEARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A FUNNEL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR CROMWELL AT ABOUT 315 PM. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BEARDEN... CASTLE...OKEMAH...MASON AND OKFUSKEE. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3528 9669 3516 9653 3553 9608 3566 9630 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 4:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 35 days |
| Jan 12, 4:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Choctaw | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 68 days |
| Jan 12, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 39 days |
| Jan 12, 5:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 39 days |
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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.