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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 21, 2005Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 5:10 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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
Mar 21, 2005, 5:10 PM CST (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2005, 6:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 21, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-03-21Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-03-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 434 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
584 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000
WFUS54 KTSA 212310
TORTSA
OKC121-220015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.050321T2310Z-050322T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
510 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 508 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCIPIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCIPIO...
  INDIANOLA...CROWDER AND CANADIAN.

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 3509 9606 3512 9600 3515 9600 3514 9592
      3519 9586 3520 9580 3519 9575 3523 9566
      3523 9560 3529 9550 3523 9545 3517 9547
      3491 9600 3499 9608

$$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 212324
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
524 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

OKC121-220015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T0015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
524 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR NORTHERN 
PITTSBURG COUNTY...

AT 521 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES NORTHEAST OF SCIPIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INDIANOLA...
CROWDER AND CANADIAN.

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 3509 9606 3512 9600 3515 9600 3514 9592
      3519 9586 3520 9580 3519 9575 3523 9566
      3523 9560 3529 9550 3523 9545 3517 9547
      3491 9600 3499 9608

$$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220007
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
606 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

OKC121-220015-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T0015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
606 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR NORTHERN PITTSBURG 
COUNTY...

AT 605 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 
MILES NORTHEAST OF CANADIAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3511 9572 3514 9576 3517 9577 3520 9580
      3519 9575 3523 9566 3523 9560 3529 9550
      3523 9545 3518 9547 3513 9570

$$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220014
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
613 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

OKC121-220023-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050322T0015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
613 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 
PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3511 9572 3514 9576 3517 9577 3520 9580
      3519 9575 3523 9566 3523 9560 3529 9550
      3523 9545 3518 9547 3513 9570

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 21, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee61 min
Mar 21, 4:57 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee48 min
Mar 21, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh46 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.