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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 5:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 min. 18 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, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 4 Se Westport, OK | |
| Mar 25, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 Ne Westport, OK | 2 INCH HAIL AT PRUE. |
| Mar 25, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 4 Se Westport, OK | |
| Mar 25, 5:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Sand Springs, OK | *** 1 FATAL *** EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN MOBILE HOME PARK NEAR HIGHWAY 51 AND 145 WEST AVENUE. |
| Mar 25, 5:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Sand Springs, OK | |
| Mar 25, 5:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | Sand Springs, OK | DONUT SHOP DESTROYED AT HIGHWAY 97. |
| Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tulsa, OK | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE CITY OF TULSA BETWEEN 545 PM AND 700 PM. MOST OF THESE REPORTS WERE NORTH OF 21ST STREET FROM THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO GARNETT AVENUE. |
| Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Tulsa, OK | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALLL SIZED HAIL IN THE CITY OF TULSA...MAINLY NORTH OF 21ST STREET. |
| Mar 25, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Se Westport, OK | BEARS GLEN EXIT OFF U.S. 412 NEAR LAKE KEYSTONE. |
| Mar 25, 5:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sand Springs, OK | |
| Mar 25, 5:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Tulsa, OK | REPORTED AT 71ST STREET AND PEORIA. |
| Mar 25, 5:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Mannford, OK | |
| Mar 25, 5:59 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sperry, OK | |
| Mar 25, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 W Sand Springs, OK | |
| Mar 25, 6:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | Tulsa, OK | EF-0 DAMAGE FOUND NEAR MINGO/ADMIRAL WITH A SHORT TORNADO PATH LENGTH. |
| Mar 25, 6:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Owasso, OK | TREE DOWN NEAR 66TH NORTH AND 129TH EAST. |
| Mar 25, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | Sand Springs, OK | |
| Mar 25, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Se Sand Springs, OK | NEAR BERRYHILL. |
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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
482
WFUS54 KTSA 252222
TORTSA
OKC037-113-117-143-252300-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0004.150325T2222Z-150325T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
522 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EXTREME EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 521 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR WESTPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SAND SPRINGS...GRAY...
SPERRY...TULSA...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND OWASSO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 226 AND 231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO IS
ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3632 9583 3612 9584 3609 9637 3627 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 265DEG 39KT 3619 9626
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$3 follow-up statements
279
WWUS54 KTSA 252228
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
528 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-113-117-143-252300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
528 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TULSA...EXTREME
EASTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CREEK
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 526 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR KEYSTONE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SAND SPRINGS...GRAY...
SPERRY...TULSA...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND OWASSO
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3632 9583 3612 9584 3609 9637 3627 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 265DEG 39KT 3617 9621
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$982
WWUS54 KTSA 252232 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
532 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-113-117-143-252300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
532 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TULSA...EXTREME
EASTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CREEK
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 531 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR KEYSTONE STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SAND SPRINGS...GRAY...
SPERRY...TULSA...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND OWASSO
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3632 9583 3612 9584 3609 9637 3627 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 265DEG 39KT 3615 9620
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$796
WWUS54 KTSA 252236 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
536 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-113-117-143-252300-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/
CREEK OK-OSAGE OK-PAWNEE OK-TULSA OK-
536 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TULSA...EXTREME
EASTERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CREEK
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 534 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SAND SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...SAND SPRINGS...GRAY...
SPERRY...TULSA...TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND OWASSO
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 227 AND 231.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3632 9583 3612 9584 3609 9637 3627 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 266DEG 39KT 3615 9614
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Latimer | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, LeFlore | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Mar 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Pushmataha | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair | 45 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 3 days |
| Mar 25, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 4:07 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 33 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 20 min |
| Mar 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Tulsa | 36 min |
| Mar 25, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 30 min |
| Mar 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 3 more | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Mayes, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 26 min |
| Mar 25, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers and 2 more | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 32 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.