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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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 30, 2016, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 30, 7:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 W Nowata, OK | TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR |
| Mar 30, 7:51 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ene Nowata, OK | STORM CHASERS OBSERVED A TORNADO...WHICH WAS ON THE GROUND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. |
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 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
783
WFUS54 KTSA 310016
TORTSA
OKC105-147-310045-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.160331T0016Z-160331T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
716 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 715 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATOVA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
NOWATA... DELAWARE...
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 3663 9584 3668 9587 3685 9560 3665 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 248DEG 24KT 3667 9579
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
200
WWUS54 KTSA 310026
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
726 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC147-310035-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0045Z/
WASHINGTON OK-
726 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA.
LAT...LON 3665 9548 3664 9581 3670 9581 3685 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 251DEG 25KT 3668 9572
$$
OKC105-310045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0045Z/
NOWATA OK-
726 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY...
AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF NOWATA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
NOWATA... DELAWARE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 9548 3664 9581 3670 9581 3685 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 251DEG 25KT 3668 9572
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$813
WWUS54 KTSA 310033
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
733 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
OKC105-310045-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160331T0045Z/
NOWATA OK-
733 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NOWATA COUNTY...
AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NOWATA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
NOWATA... DELAWARE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 9548 3665 9572 3670 9574 3685 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 244DEG 23KT 3670 9567
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$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, 7:29 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, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.