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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2015, 6:04 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 min. 21 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, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Creek County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Osage County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mar 25, 6:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Tulsa, OK | INFLOW WINDS REPORTED AT 145TH E. AVE AND THE BROKEN ARROW EXPRESSWAY. |
| Mar 25, 6:26 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 2 W Catoosa, OK | SPOTTER REPORT OF 80-100 MPH INFLOW WINDS. |
| Mar 25, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Catoosa, OK | |
| Mar 25, 6:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Tulsa, OK | REPORTED AT ADMIRAL AND SHERIDAN. |
| Mar 25, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tulsa, OK | LARGE TREE UPROOTED AT 15TH AND LOUISVILLE. |
| Mar 25, 6:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tulsa, OK | GLASS DOOR SHATTERED ON 1ST FLOOR OF BUILDING HOUSING WFO TULSA. |
| Mar 25, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Tulsa, OK | 21ST AND YALE. |
| Mar 25, 6:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Catoosa, OK | WINDOWNS BLOWN OUT OF HOMES. |
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378
WFUS54 KTSA 252304
TORTSA
OKC037-097-113-131-143-145-252330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.150325T2304Z-150325T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
604 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHWESTERN MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
CENTRAL TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
NORTHERN WAGONER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 602 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...TULSA...BROKEN ARROW...
CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...ONETA AND INOLA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 214 AND 243.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3622 9534 3595 9540 3606 9625 3628 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 275DEG 36KT 3615 9585
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN
$$3 follow-up statements
958
WWUS54 KTSA 252311
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
611 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-097-113-131-143-145-252330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150325T2330Z/
CREEK OK-MAYES OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
611 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAGONER...CENTRAL
TULSA...SOUTHERN ROGERS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...SOUTHWESTERN
MAYES AND NORTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 609 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTH OF THE TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...BROKEN ARROW...TULSA...
CATOOSA...VERDIGRIS...ONETA AND INOLA
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 214 AND 243.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3622 9534 3595 9540 3606 9625 3628 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 275DEG 36KT 3615 9581
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.50IN
$$715
WWUS54 KTSA 252319
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
619 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-097-113-131-143-145-252330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150325T2330Z/
CREEK OK-MAYES OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
619 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAGONER...CENTRAL
TULSA...SOUTHERN ROGERS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...SOUTHWESTERN
MAYES AND NORTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 617 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
WEST OF CATOOSA...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...VERDIGRIS...ONETA AND INOLA
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 214 AND 243.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF BASEBALLS. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3622 9534 3595 9540 3606 9625 3628 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 275DEG 36KT 3614 9574
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$717
WWUS54 KTSA 252326
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
626 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
OKC037-097-113-131-143-145-252330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150325T2330Z/
CREEK OK-MAYES OK-OSAGE OK-ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
626 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WAGONER...CENTRAL
TULSA...SOUTHERN ROGERS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE...SOUTHWESTERN
MAYES AND NORTHEASTERN CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 622 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION
THAT COULD PRODUCE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADOES WERE LOCATED OVER
TULSA AND ALSO SOUTH OF CATOOSA MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...TULSA...ONETA...BROKEN ARROW
AND INOLA
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 214 AND 243.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3622 9534 3595 9540 3606 9625 3628 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 275DEG 36KT 3606 9590 3613 9570
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.50IN
$$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, 5:22 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, 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, 6:16 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.