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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2005, 6:53 PM CST for McIntosh County, Pushmataha 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, 6:53 PM CST (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2005, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 68 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 130053
TORTSA
OKC127-130145-
/X.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0005.050113T0053Z-050113T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
653 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 648 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLETA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLOUDY...
NASHOBA...KIAMICHI AND ALBION.
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 3417 9536 3421 9536 3468 9519 3468 9494
3451 9494 3451 9505 3429 9504 3425 9508
3425 9514 3416 9514 3416 9534
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WFUS54 KTSA 212256
TORTSA
OKC091-212345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0005.050321T2256Z-050321T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
456 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES WEST OF RAIFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RAIFORD...
VIVIAN...STIDHAM...EUFAULA...RENTIESVILLE AND CHECOTAH.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3531 9599 3516 9586 3537 9535 3555 9536
3557 9557
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 212323
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
522 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
OKC091-212345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050321T2345Z/
MCINTOSH OK-
522 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR MCINTOSH
COUNTY...
AT 516 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR STIDHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PIERCE...
ONAPA...CHECOTAH AND RENTIESVILLE.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE
COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3542 9578 3526 9565 3537 9535 3555 9536
3557 9557
$$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, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw, McIntosh | 68 days |
| Jan 12, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 41 days |
| Jan 12, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 67 days |
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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.