Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 24, 2005LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County LeFlore County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 242245
TORTSA
OKC079-242345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0028.050524T2245Z-050524T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
  STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR   
  COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS 
  LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SPIRO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3530 9464 3515 9472 3502 9445 3519 9443

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242254
SVSTSA

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

OKC079-242345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050524T2345Z/
LE FLORE OK-
552 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR LE FLORE
COUNTY...

AT 544 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS 
OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION WAS 
ALSO INDICATED BY RADAR THREE MILES EAST OF WISTER. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMERON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG...DAMAGING STRAIGHT 
LINE WIND.  PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER 
IMMEDIATELY.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOWE...HEAVENER
AND HODGEN.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3530 9464 3488 9500 3480 9445 3519 9443

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 242309
SVSTSA

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

OKC079-242345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050524T2345Z/
LE FLORE OK-
608 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LE 
FLORE COUNTY...

AT 605 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THE MOST DANGEROUS PART 
OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMERON...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

AT 604 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR HODGEN.

AT 604 PM...70 MPH THUNDERSTORM WIND WAS REPORTED NEAR HEAVENER.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HEAVENER AND
HODGEN.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3530 9464 3488 9500 3480 9445 3519 9443

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee39 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee54 min
May 24, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh84 min
May 24, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee51 min
May 24, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee41 min
May 24, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah61 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee57 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell70 min
May 24, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACherokee119 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore85 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah117 min
May 24, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Sequoyah43 min
May 24, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore54 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.