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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 8:13 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 12 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 30, 2016, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 8:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Craig County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
891
WFUS54 KTSA 310113
TORTSA
OKC035-310145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0012.160331T0113Z-160331T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF WELCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
WELCH... BLUEJACKET...
PYRAMID CORNERS... HOLLOW...
CENTRAILIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
TULSA.
&&
LAT...LON 3681 9504 3677 9542 3680 9543 3687 9543
3700 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 245DEG 26KT 3683 9535
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
899
WWUS54 KTSA 310125
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
825 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC035-310135-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160331T0145Z/
CRAIG OK-
825 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TULSA.
LAT...LON 3681 9504 3677 9542 3680 9543 3687 9543
3700 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 245DEG 26KT 3687 9525
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Ottawa | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Delaware | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 42 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.