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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2008, 6:06 AM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2008, 6:06 AM CDT (11:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:12 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Avant, OK | TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF GARAGE. BARN ROOF DAMAGED. |
| Mar 31, 6:12 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Avant, OK | |
| Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 Wsw Ramona, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 31, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 311106
TORTSA
OKC113-147-311145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.080331T1106Z-080331T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
606 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 604 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARNSDALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS
A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY
TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BARNSDALL...
AVANT...OCHELATA...VERA...RAMONA AND BARTLESVILLE.
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
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3682 9582 3645 9581 3643 9586 3644 9588
3644 9601 3641 9602 3639 9617 3662 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 244DEG 29KT 3650 9621
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 311114
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
614 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC113-147-311145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080331T1145Z/
WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK-
614 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 612 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNSDALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS
IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY
TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...AVANT...WOLCO...
OCHELATA...BARTLESVILLE...RAMONA AND VERA.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3682 9582 3645 9581 3643 9586 3644 9588
3644 9601 3641 9602 3639 9617 3662 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 259DEG 32KT 3650 9612
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 311118
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
618 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC113-147-311145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080331T1145Z/
WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK-
618 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 616 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR AVANT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...OCHELATA...
BARTLESVILLE...RAMONA AND VERA.
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
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3682 9582 3645 9581 3643 9586 3644 9588
3644 9601 3641 9602 3639 9617 3662 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 264DEG 38KT 3650 9605
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 311126
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC113-147-311145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080331T1145Z/
WASHINGTON OK-OSAGE OK-
626 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
OSAGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 625 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMONA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS VERY
DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE COVER
NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RAMONA AND VERA.
A TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...TAKE COVER NOW
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3675 9582 3654 9581 3645 9582 3643 9586
3644 9588 3644 9601 3641 9614 3663 9616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1126Z 264DEG 38KT 3651 9597
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 311140
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
640 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
OKC113-311150-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080331T1145Z/
OSAGE OK-
640 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3664 9582 3660 9581 3658 9582 3655 9581
3645 9582 3643 9585 3646 9599 3663 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1140Z 263DEG 25KT 3651 9581
$$
OKC147-311145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-080331T1145Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
640 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 637 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VERA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE CIRCULATION HAS
WEAKENED...HOWEVER DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3664 9582 3660 9581 3658 9582 3655 9581
3645 9582 3643 9585 3646 9599 3663 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 1140Z 263DEG 25KT 3651 9581
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 10 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 6:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 25 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Washington | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 7:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 8:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 115 min |
| Mar 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 11:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage | 9 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 93 min |
| Mar 31, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 77 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa | 89 min |
| Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Wagoner | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 75 min |
| Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 71 min |
| Mar 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 114 min |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Wagoner | 96 min |
| Mar 31, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 87 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah | 117 min |
| Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.