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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

January 12, 2005Cherokee County, Okfuskee County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 12, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jan 12, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee39 days
Jan 12, 4:14 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMuskogee35 days
Jan 12, 4:40 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee2 hr
Jan 12, 4:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Choctaw39 days
Jan 12, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Okfuskee, Okmulgee68 days
Jan 12, 5:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair39 days
Jan 12, 5:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah39 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.