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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 6:39 PM CST for Choctaw County, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 68 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2005, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 68 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, OK, McIntosh County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 12, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 130039
TORTSA
OKC023-130115-
/X.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0004.050113T0039Z-050113T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 634 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SAWYER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT TOWSON.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3414 9546 3416 9544 3415 9516 3415 9516
3404 9516 3389 9532 3390 9533 3389 9534
3388 9534 3388 9534
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS54 KTSA 212219 TORTSA OKC091-212300- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0004.050321T2219Z-050321T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 419 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 416 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STIDHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIDHAM... COUNCIL HILL AND RENTIESVILLE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3528 9606 3508 9606 3553 9546 3557 9579 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 212235 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 436 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 OKC091-212300- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050321T2300Z/ MCINTOSH OK- 436 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY... AT 433 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIDHAM... PIERCE...COUNCIL HILL...RENTIESVILLE AND HITCHITA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA. LAT...LON 3528 9606 3508 9606 3553 9546 3557 9579 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Sequoyah | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pushmataha | 68 days |
| Jan 12, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 67 days |
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.