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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2021, 3:22 PM CST for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 3:38 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Picher, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
940
WFUS54 KTSA 302122
TORTSA
OKC035-115-302200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0004.210130T2122Z-210130T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
322 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Craig County in northeastern Oklahoma...
Ottawa County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 400 PM CST.
* At 322 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 3 miles west of Welch, moving east at 30 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...
Miami... Commerce...
Quapaw... Welch...
Bluejacket... Wyandotte...
Picher... Narcissa...
Ottawa... Peoria...
Cardin... Pyramid Corners...
Twin Bridges State Park...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 303 and 324.
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 9462 3677 9462 3680 9523 3699 9523
3700 9500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 266DEG 25KT 3687 9516
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
643
WWUS54 KTSA 302144
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
344 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
OKC035-302153-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210130T2200Z/
Craig OK-
344 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAIG COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3678 9462 3679 9500 3694 9500 3695 9499
3695 9501 3697 9503 3698 9503 3700 9492
3700 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 263DEG 26KT 3690 9496
$$
OKC115-302200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210130T2200Z/
Ottawa OK-
344 PM CST Sat Jan 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY...
At 343 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles west of Miami, moving east at 30 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...
Miami... Commerce...
Quapaw... Wyandotte...
Picher... Narcissa...
Ottawa... Peoria...
Cardin... Twin Bridges State Park...
This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 303 and 324.
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 3678 9462 3679 9500 3694 9500 3695 9499
3695 9501 3697 9503 3698 9503 3700 9492
3700 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 263DEG 26KT 3690 9496
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, 2:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 2:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Ottawa | 39 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.