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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2005Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2005, 4:14 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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: May 24, 2005, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
May 24, 10:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 242114
TORTSA
OKC135-242215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0027.050524T2114Z-050524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MARBLE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARBLE CITY...
  BRUSHY...SALLISAW...GANS...MULDROW AND ROLAND.

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 3565 9467 3564 9504 3535 9480 3541 9448

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242127
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
428 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC135-242215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
428 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SEQUOYAH
COUNTY...

AT 422 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARBLE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MARBLE CITY...MC
KEY...BRUSHY...SALLISAW...ROLAND...MULDROW AND GANS.

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 3565 9467 3564 9504 3535 9480 3541 9448

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242141
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC135-242215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SEQUOYAH
COUNTY...

AT 435 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MARBLE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRUSHY...MC
KEY...SALLISAW...DORA...MOFFETT...SHORT...ROLAND...MULDROW...GANS AND
COTTONWOOD.

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 3535 9451 3531 9450 3534 9459 3529 9463
      3528 9467 3531 9466 3535 9471 3535 9481
      3538 9486 3537 9489 3544 9497 3547 9506
      3554 9513 3564 9512 3565 9447 3540 9444

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242147
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
447 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC135-242215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
447 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SEQUOYAH
COUNTY...

AT 439 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE
TRACKING A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR VIAN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
EAST OF VIAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BRUSHY...
SALLISAW...GANS...SHORT...MULDROW...ROLAND...COTTONWOOD AND DORA.

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...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 3535 9451 3531 9450 3534 9459 3529 9463
      3528 9467 3531 9466 3535 9471 3535 9481
      3538 9486 3537 9489 3544 9497 3547 9506
      3554 9513 3564 9512 3565 9447 3540 9444

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242215
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

OKC135-242224-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050524T2215Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SEQUOYAH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3535 9451 3531 9450 3534 9459 3529 9463
      3528 9467 3531 9466 3535 9471 3535 9481
      3538 9486 3537 9489 3544 9497 3547 9506
      3554 9513 3564 9512 3565 9447 3540 9444

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	39 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	54 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	84 min
May 24, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	51 min
May 24, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Okmulgee	41 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	57 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	70 min
May 24, 4:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	119 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	85 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah	117 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	60 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	43 min
May 24, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	54 min

Nearby

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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.