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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 2:29 PM CST for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
- Jan 30, 2021, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:08 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Hollow, OK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
094
WFUS54 KTSA 302029
TORTSA
OKC035-105-302100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0002.210130T2029Z-210130T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
229 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Northeastern Nowata County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 300 PM CST.
* At 229 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of South Coffeyville, moving east at 50
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...
Hollow...
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 3698 9503 3697 9504 3696 9503 3690 9500
3687 9552 3700 9557 3700 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 253DEG 41KT 3695 9549
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
197
WWUS54 KTSA 302048
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
248 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
OKC035-105-302100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210130T2100Z/
Craig OK-Nowata OK-
248 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CRAIG AND EASTERN NOWATA COUNTIES...
At 248 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Edna, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Hollow...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 9503 3697 9504 3696 9503 3690 9500
3687 9552 3700 9540 3700 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 256DEG 38KT 3696 9526
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:16 AM CST | Wind Advisory | TSA | Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata | 45 min |
| Jan 30, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 38 min |
| Jan 30, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Ottawa | 51 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.