Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 30, 2019, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 4:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne Bluejacket, OK | A TORNADO UPROOTED TREES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
367
WFUS54 KTSA 302043
TORTSA
OKC035-115-302130-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0015.190430T2043Z-190430T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
343 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Northwestern Ottawa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 343 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of White Oak, moving northeast at 55
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...
Miami... Baxter Springs...
Commerce... Quapaw...
Welch... Bluejacket...
Treece... Picher...
Cardin... Hollow...
Centrailia... Pyramid Corners...
Centralia...
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 3661 9533 3671 9543 3680 9543 3700 9516
3700 9470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 229DEG 49KT 3674 9534
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$1 follow-up statement
343
WWUS54 KTSA 302106
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
406 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
OKC035-115-302130-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-190430T2130Z/
Craig OK-Ottawa OK-
406 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRAIG AND NORTHWESTERN OTTAWA COUNTIES...
At 406 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southwest of Welch, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Miami... Commerce...
Welch... Bluejacket...
Cardin... Pyramid Corners...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3671 9521 3688 9528 3700 9498 3700 9486
3692 9483 3672 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 251DEG 25KT 3683 9516
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Creek | 38 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 41 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 48 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 48 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 70 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 34 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 23 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware | 31 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 21 days |
| Apr 30, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Osage | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Nowata | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig | 16 min |
| Apr 30, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Okmulgee | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 2:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 72 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 19 min |
| Apr 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Ottawa | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Craig, Mayes, Rogers | 117 min |
| Apr 30, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TSA | Creek, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Rogers | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Tulsa | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 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.