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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 19, 2025Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2025, 5:20 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2025, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 12:03 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 2765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 27.8

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The text

As transmitted.

839 
WFUS54 KTSA 192220
TORTSA
OKC121-192245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0039.250519T2220Z-250519T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
520 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Pittsburg County in southeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 519 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles west of Wardville, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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...
  Kiowa...                          Haywood...
  Ashland...                        Savanna...
  Pittsburg...                      

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 3495 9600 3477 9577 3468 9591 3468 9609
      3484 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 218DEG 37KT 3463 9616 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

Mejia

1 follow-up statement

210 
WWUS54 KTSA 192231
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
531 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

OKC121-192245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-250519T2245Z/
Pittsburg OK-
531 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY...

At 530 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 3 miles west of
Wardville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Emergency management 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...
Kiowa...                          Haywood...
Ashland...                        Savanna...
Pittsburg...                      

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 9600 3477 9577 3468 9591 3468 9609
      3484 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 226DEG 28KT 3466 9609 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

Mejia

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	66 min
May 18, 9:25 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	TSA	Choctaw, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 2:11 AM CDT	Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more	24 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	59 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Ottawa	30 hr
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	6 hr
May 19, 8:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Nowata	16 min
May 19, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	3 days
May 19, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	57 min
May 19, 11:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	55 min
May 19, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg and 1 more	56 min
May 19, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Latimer	50 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	50 min
May 19, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	37 min
May 19, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	47 min
May 19, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa	62 min
May 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	36 min
May 19, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek	33 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	47 min
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	30 hr
May 19, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Cherokee	60 hr
May 19, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	41 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	LeFlore	32 hr
May 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	49 min
May 19, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	43 min
May 19, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington	43 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Wagoner	38 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers and 3 more	52 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	33 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	44 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	McIntosh	28 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	39 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Washington	50 min
May 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	50 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	33 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	48 min
May 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	53 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Pittsburg	46 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	24 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner	47 min
May 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair	43 min
May 19, 5:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	3 hr
May 19, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Pittsburg	35 min
May 19, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	27 min
May 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	28 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	40 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	46 min
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	27 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
May 19, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	52 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg	48 min
May 19, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Wagoner	42 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg, Sequoyah	3 hr
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	37 min
May 19, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Muskogee, Sequoyah	36 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	32 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Muskogee and 1 more	42 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Osage	39 min
May 19, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg	25 min
May 19, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	25 min
May 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TSA	Adair	23 min
May 19, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware	52 min
May 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.