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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 21, 2005McIntosh County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 21, 2005, 5:44 PM CST for McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 21, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McIntosh County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 212344
TORTSA
OKC091-220030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.050321T2345Z-050322T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
  MILES SOUTH OF CHECOTAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHECOTAH 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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM
CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LAT...LON 3546 9562 3533 9551 3544 9534 3556 9534
      3557 9543

$$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 212356
SVSTSA

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

OKC091-220030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050322T0030Z/
MCINTOSH OK-
554 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR MCINTOSH
COUNTY...

AT 551 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAIFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...VIVIAN...
STIDHAM...EUFAULA...RENTIESVILLE...ONAPA AND CHECOTAH.

A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED NEAR CHECOTAH...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 
STORM IN CHECOTAH.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...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 3523 9594 3520 9575 3535 9537 3556 9534
      3557 9543

$$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220024
SVSTSA

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

OKC091-220030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050322T0030Z/
MCINTOSH OK-
624 PM CST MON MAR 21 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR MCINTOSH
COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES EAST OF EUFAULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONAPA...
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 3541 9565 3525 9564 3535 9537 3556 9534
      3557 9543

$$

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, 5:10 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg65 min

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.