Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 30, 2016, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)

Expired

Mar 30, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.25 in

Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

940 
WFUS54 KTSA 302327
TORTSA
OKC113-147-310000-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0006.160330T2327Z-160331T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
627 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
    
* AT 626 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELGIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  ELGIN...                          HULAH...
  WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK...         

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9579 3699 9579 3687 9627 3700 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 247DEG 39KT 3696 9622 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

69

113 
WWUS54 KTSA 302337
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
637 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

OKC113-147-310000-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/
OSAGE OK-WASHINGTON OK-
637 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
    
AT 637 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF HULAH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
HULAH...                          WAH SHA SHE STATE PARK...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9579 3699 9579 3689 9619 3700 9623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 262DEG 31KT 3694 9612 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

69

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016

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.