Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 65 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.