Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT for Haskell County, Latimer County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 19, 2012, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 974 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
695 WFUS54 KTSA 192344 TORTSA OKC061-077-121-200015- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0003.120319T2344Z-120320T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 644 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WESTERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGGINS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HIGGINS...DAMON...WILBURTON...ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK...QUINTON AND KINTA. 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 3468 9551 3524 9546 3519 9519 3468 9534 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 191DEG 40KT 3478 9543 $$
2 follow-up statements
434 WWUS54 KTSA 192357 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 657 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 OKC061-077-121-200015- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T0015Z/ HASKELL OK-PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK- 657 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WESTERN LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES... AT 655 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR WILBURTON... MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK...QUINTON...LEWISVILLE AND KINTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW! IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS! && LAT...LON 3482 9533 3483 9545 3523 9543 3519 9519 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 197DEG 41KT 3493 9537 $$
686 WWUS54 KTSA 200010 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 710 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 OKC061-077-121-200015- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120320T0015Z/ HASKELL OK-PITTSBURG OK-LATIMER OK- 710 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN LATIMER...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG AND SOUTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES... AT 709 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR ROBBERS CAVE STATE PARK...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUINTON... KINTA AND LEWISVILLE. 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 3495 9528 3496 9541 3523 9543 3519 9519 TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 197DEG 41KT 3504 9533 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pawnee | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | LeFlore | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Pushmataha | 10 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Choctaw | 10 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Ottawa | 22 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Adair | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 28 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Cherokee | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | Sequoyah | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:58 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | TSA | LeFlore | 17 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 12:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 12:34 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Delaware, Haskell and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 42 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Wagoner | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Rogers, Wagoner | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Hughes | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every tornado warning in 2012Tornadoes in 2012
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.