Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 48 min |
| Mar 21, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 46 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.