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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 25, 2015Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 6:35 PM CDT for Mayes County, Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 25, 2015, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Mayes County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
2127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

965 
WFUS54 KTSA 252335
TORTSA
OKC097-131-260000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0011.150325T2335Z-150326T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
635 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
  CENTRAL ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAREMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...PRYOR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 246 AND 259.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. GO TO A DESIGNED SHELTER SUCH AS A SAFE ROOM OR STORM
CELLAR IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF SEEKING SHELTER
IN A BASEMENT...BE SURE TO GET BENEATH SOMETHING STURDY. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3637 9520 3624 9524 3627 9564 3640 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 275DEG 36KT 3632 9554

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAHaskell29 min
Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALatimer45 min
Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, LeFlore41 min
Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha34 min
Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg, Pushmataha45 min
Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSALeFlore30 min
Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha47 min
Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha27 min
Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAPushmataha37 min
Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha28 min
Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more25 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSAAdair45 hr
Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTSACherokee3 days
Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSACreek25 min
Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTSAAdair36 min
Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek45 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Pawnee40 min
Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Delaware50 min
Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee45 min
Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee41 min
Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryTSACherokee, Delaware33 hr
Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa50 min
Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage47 min
Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee39 min
Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata, Osage, Washington50 min
Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner20 min
Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington42 min
Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa32 min
Mar 25, 5:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa38 min
Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee3 hr
Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa36 min
Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington48 min
Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSAOsage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner30 min
Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more59 min
Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatTSACreek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner26 min
Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa32 min
Mar 25, 6:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa4 hr
Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner31 min
Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware, Mayes27 min
Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more49 min
Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner32 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.