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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 2005Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2005, 11:21 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 3, 2005, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 506 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 040421
TORTSA
OKC113-040445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0029.050604T0421Z-050604T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1121 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
  MILES WEST OF GRAINOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

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 3699 9676 3686 9675 3689 9639 3700 9639

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 040430
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1130 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

OKC113-040445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050604T0445Z/
OSAGE OK-
1130 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 1126 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES WEST OF GRAINOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRAINOLA.

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 3699 9676 3686 9675 3689 9639 3700 9639

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 040439
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1137 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

OKC113-040445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050604T0445Z/
OSAGE OK-
1137 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 1135 PM CDT...THE ROTATING STORM HAD MOVED NORTHEAST AND OUT OF 
OSAGE COUNTY...HOWEVER A SECOND INTENSIFYING STORM WAS APPROACHING 
NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY AND THE WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR 
THIS SECOND STORM.  AT 1135 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 
MILES WEST OF GRAINOLA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRAINOLA.

LAT...LON 3699 9676 3686 9675 3689 9639 3700 9639

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage30 min
Jun 4, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage32 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage74 min
Jun 4, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee71 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.