Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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 25, 2015, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Oaks, OK | |
| Mar 25, 7:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 N Proctor, OK | GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR CHEWEY. |
| Mar 25, 7:58 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Kansas, OK | |
| Mar 25, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 W West Siloam Springs, 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 25, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1928 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 16.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899
WFUS54 KTSA 260035
TORTSA
OKC001-021-041-097-260100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0014.150326T0035Z-150326T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
735 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ADAIR COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EAST CENTRAL MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ROSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...LEACH...SCRAPER...OAKS...
TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...NATURAL FALLS STATE PARK AND COLCORD.
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 3628 9466 3610 9463 3607 9507 3622 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 263DEG 37KT 3615 9500
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa, Wagoner | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Muskogee, Sequoyah | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Muskogee | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Mar 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pittsburg | 22 min |
| Mar 25, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Pushmataha | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee | 52 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 5 hr |
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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.