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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2016Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Rogers County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:35 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 S Owasso, OK	TORNADO REPORTED CROSSING NEAR 56TH STREET NORTH AND HIGHWAY 169. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Catoosa, OK	TORNADO CROSSED THE PORT OF CATOOSA AND ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 266 IN THE NEARBY STONE CANYON NEIGHBORHOOD OF OWASSO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Mar 30, 7:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	5 Ese Owasso, OK
Mar 30, 8:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Claremore, OK	LOTS OF TREE DAMAGE AND DEBRIS IN THE ROADWAY NEAR 500 STREET AND 4170 SOUTHEAST OF CLAREMORE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Mar 30, 8:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Se Claremore, OK	LARGE TORNADO REPORTED. DAMAGE TO AT LEAST ONE HOME IN THE AREA NOTED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Claremore, OK

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

As transmitted.

052 
WFUS54 KTSA 310029
TORTSA
OKC131-143-310115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0009.160331T0029Z-160331T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWASSO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW! 

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
           BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE 
           DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  NORTHERN TULSA...                 CLAREMORE...
  OWASSO...                         CATOOSA...
  VERDIGRIS...                      SPERRY...
  TURLEY...                         TIAWAH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 239 AND 255.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3620 9596 3630 9597 3641 9550 3619 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 260DEG 23KT 3624 9589 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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4 follow-up statements

778 
WWUS54 KTSA 310035
SVSTSA

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

OKC131-143-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0115Z/
ROGERS OK-TULSA OK-
735 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS AND NORTHEASTERN TULSA COUNTIES...
    
AT 734 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN TULSA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
NORTHERN TULSA...                 CLAREMORE...
OWASSO...                         CATOOSA...
VERDIGRIS...                      TIAWAH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND 255.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3620 9588 3630 9591 3641 9550 3619 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 267DEG 21KT 3623 9585 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

69

198 
WWUS54 KTSA 310046
SVSTSA

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

OKC143-310055-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0115Z/
TULSA OK-
746 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TULSA 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 3620 9581 3633 9581 3641 9550 3619 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 257DEG 24KT 3625 9576 

$$

OKC131-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0115Z/
ROGERS OK-
746 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ROGERS COUNTY...
    
AT 745 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF VERDIGRIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CLAREMORE...                      OWASSO...
CATOOSA...                        VERDIGRIS...
TIAWAH...                         

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 240 AND 255.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3620 9581 3633 9581 3641 9550 3619 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 257DEG 24KT 3625 9576 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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482 
WWUS54 KTSA 310055
SVSTSA

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

OKC131-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0115Z/
ROGERS OK-
755 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ROGERS COUNTY...
    
AT 755 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VERDIGRIS...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
CLAREMORE...                      VERDIGRIS...
TIAWAH...                         

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 255.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3622 9573 3634 9577 3641 9550 3622 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 249DEG 25KT 3627 9568 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

69

362 
WWUS54 KTSA 310106
SVSTSA

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

OKC131-310115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160331T0115Z/
ROGERS OK-
806 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ROGERS COUNTY...
    
AT 805 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAREMORE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
CLAREMORE...                      TIAWAH...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 246 AND 255.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3626 9564 3636 9569 3641 9550 3626 9548
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 258DEG 24KT 3629 9559 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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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, 7:35 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 Tornado observed	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

Nearby

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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.