Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 24, 2009, 5:27 AM CDT (10:27 UTC)

Expired

Mar 24, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KTSA 241027
TORTSA
OKC035-105-241100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0005.090324T1027Z-090324T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
527 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WATOVA...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...NEW ALLUWE 
AND AREAS JUST TO THE NORTH OF NEW ALLUWE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3681 9538 3662 9532 3660 9550 3660 9567
      3669 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1026Z 248DEG 33KT 3661 9565

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 241057
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
557 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

OKC035-105-241104-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090324T1100Z/
CRAIG OK-NOWATA OK-
557 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NOWATA AND WESTERN CRAIG
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 600 AM CDT...

THE CIRCULATION WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE 
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM.
  
HOWEVER...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF 
NOWATA COUNTY...AND ALSO FOR CRAIG COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 3681 9538 3662 9532 3660 9550 3660 9567
      3669 9566
TIME...MOT...LOC 1054Z 247DEG 31KT 3673 9536

$$

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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.