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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 12, 2005Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 2:48 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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 12, 2005, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osage County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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
Jun 12, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 121948
TORTSA
OKC113-122030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.050612T1948Z-050612T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
248 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHIDLER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEARSONIA...
  FORAKER AND 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 3675 9674 3671 9654 3699 9621 3701 9667

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 122010
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
310 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

OKC113-122030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050612T2030Z/
OSAGE OK-
310 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 306 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST
MILES NORTHEAST OF FORAKER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 3675 9674 3671 9654 3699 9621 3701 9667

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 122031
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
329 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

OKC113-122039-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-050612T2030Z/
OSAGE OK-
329 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OSAGE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM CDT...

NO TORNADOES WERE REPORTED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM.

AND TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3675 9674 3671 9654 3699 9621 3701 9667

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage54 min
Jun 12, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Jun 12, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee30 min
Jun 12, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Jun 12, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington61 min
Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers57 min
Jun 12, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa23 min
Jun 12, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa59 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee64 min
Jun 12, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington49 min
Jun 12, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata56 min
Jun 12, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers67 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner33 min
Jun 12, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig54 min
Jun 12, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes65 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.