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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 21, 2005Mayes County, Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT for Mayes County, Rogers County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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 21, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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
Apr 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 220059
TORTSA
OKC097-131-145-220145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0023.050422T0058Z-050422T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
758 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORT A STRONGLY ROTATING WALL     
  CLOUD AND A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF INOLA...MOVING 
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU.

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 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3620 9559 3601 9556 3601 9526 3619 9512

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 220109
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
808 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

OKC097-131-145-220145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050422T0145Z/
ROGERS OK-MAYES OK-WAGONER OK-
808 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WAGONER...MAYES
AND ROGERS COUNTIES...

AT 806 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO TRACK A DANGEROUS 
THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  THE MOST 
DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF 
INOLA...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU...MAZIE
AND MURPHY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 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 3620 9559 3601 9556 3601 9526 3619 9512

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 220128
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

OKC131-220136-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050422T0145Z/
ROGERS OK-
826 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROGERS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3620 9542 3596 9545 3596 9527 3619 9512

$$

OKC097-145-220145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050422T0145Z/
MAYES OK-WAGONER OK-
826 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WAGONER AND MAYES
COUNTIES...

AT 822 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A 
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAZIE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAZIE AND
MURPHY.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 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 3620 9542 3596 9545 3596 9527 3619 9512

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	55 min
Apr 21, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	57 min
Apr 21, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers	26 min
Apr 21, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	88 min
Apr 21, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Wagoner	65 min
Apr 21, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	68 min
Apr 21, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	46 min
Apr 21, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	30 min
Apr 21, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Sequoyah	46 min
Apr 21, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	61 min
Apr 21, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	30 min
Apr 21, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	49 min
Apr 21, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	37 min
Apr 21, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	46 min
Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	64 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.