Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2023

Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 2, 2023Choctaw County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2023, 5:41 PM CST for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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: Mar 2, 2023, 5:41 PM CST (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2023, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Choctaw County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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 2, 5:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Fort Towson, OK	TREE UPROOTED WITH NUMEROUS OTHER TREE LIMBS/BRANCHES BROKEN OR DAMAGED AT RAYMOND GARY STATE PARK.

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 2, 2:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

006 
WFUS54 KTSA 022341
TORTSA
OKC023-030015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0013.230302T2341Z-230303T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
541 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Choctaw County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 615 PM CST.
    
* At 541 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Fort Towson, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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...
  Fort Towson...                    Sawyer...
  Raymond Gary State Park...        Swink...

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 3395 9536 3411 9538 3416 9519 3416 9516
      3395 9516 3395 9518 3396 9522 3396 9523
      3395 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 256DEG 35KT 3402 9528 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

340 
WWUS54 KTSA 030005
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
605 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023

OKC023-030015-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230303T0015Z/
Choctaw OK-
605 PM CST Thu Mar 2 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for southeastern
Oklahoma.

LAT...LON 3395 9536 3411 9538 3416 9519 3416 9516
      3395 9516 3395 9518 3396 9522 3396 9523
      3395 9523
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 256DEG 35KT 3408 9501 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 7:41 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	46 hr
Mar 2, 7:45 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Pushmataha	37 hr
Mar 2, 12:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Delaware	28 min
Mar 2, 12:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Ottawa	43 min
Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	36 min
Mar 2, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	51 min
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell	25 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg	34 min
Mar 2, 4:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Pittsburg	116 min
Mar 2, 4:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	33 min
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	23 min
Mar 2, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	51 min
Mar 2, 4:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Choctaw	41 min
Mar 2, 4:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pittsburg	31 min
Mar 2, 5:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	27 min
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	24 min
Mar 2, 5:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Haskell, Sequoyah	35 min
Mar 2, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Choctaw	15 min
Mar 2, 5:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	23 min
Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	40 min
Mar 2, 5:48 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah	3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2023 Every tornado warning in 2023 Tornadoes in 2023

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.