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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 5:53 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, 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 | HAIL 3 | Sand Springs, OK | |
| Mar 25, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Se Sand Springs, OK | NEAR BERRYHILL. |
| Mar 25, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 E Tulsa, OK | LARGE WOODEN SWINGSET BLOWN OVER. NEAR 31ST STREET AND 193RD EAST AVE. |
| Mar 25, 6:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Tulsa, OK | REPORTED AT APACHE AND SHERIDAN. |
| Mar 25, 6:12 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | Tulsa, OK | SOFTBALL HAIL AT CAHNDLER PARK. |
| Mar 25, 6:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tulsa, OK | POWERLINES DOWN AT ADMIRAL AND SHERIDAN. |
| Mar 25, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tulsa, OK | REPORT OF ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOMES IN 15TH AND HARVARD AREA. |
| Mar 25, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Tulsa, OK | ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WINDS AT ADMIRAL AND SHERIDAN. |
| Mar 25, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Se Sand Springs, OK | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BERRYVILLE. |
| Mar 25, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Tulsa, OK | AT 161ST E. AVE AND I-44. |
| Mar 25, 6:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Tulsa, OK | IN DOWNTOWN TULSA. |
| Mar 25, 6:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Catoosa, OK | CAUSE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO AUTOS. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
600
WFUS54 KTSA 252245
TORTSA
OKC113-131-143-145-252315-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0006.150325T2245Z-150325T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
545 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHWESTERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 543 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR TULSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...JENKS RIVERSIDE AIRPORT...
TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TULSA...BROKEN ARROW...CATOOSA AND
ONETA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 240.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3626 9611 3620 9552 3595 9559 3604 9603
3608 9604 3608 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 278DEG 34KT 3614 9602
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
441
WWUS54 KTSA 252254
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC113-131-143-145-252315-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150325T2315Z/
OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
554 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WAGONER...
CENTRAL TULSA...SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS AND SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTIES
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
TULSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...TULSA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...TULSA...BROKEN ARROW...CATOOSA AND ONETA
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 240.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3626 9611 3620 9552 3595 9559 3604 9603
3608 9604 3608 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 278DEG 34KT 3614 9593
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN
$$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, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 38 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, 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.