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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 5:07 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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 2, 2025, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Osage County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 5:12 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Pearsonia, OK | Debris signature observed from KINX. |
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 2, 2:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 601 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
The text
As transmitted.
414
WFUS54 KTSA 021007
TORTSA
OKC113-021030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0007.250402T1007Z-250402T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
507 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
* Until 530 AM CDT.
* At 506 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southwest of Pearsonia, 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...
Bigheart... Osage Hills State Park...
Pearsonia... Sunset Lake...
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 3664 9657 3678 9664 3698 9619 3676 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 250DEG 44KT 3674 9655
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
565
WWUS54 KTSA 021013
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
513 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
OKC113-021030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250402T1030Z/
Osage OK-
513 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...
At 513 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Pearsonia, moving
east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations in or near the path include...
Bigheart... Pearsonia...
Sunset Lake... Osage Hills State Park...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3668 9649 3679 9655 3698 9619 3676 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1013Z 250DEG 44KT 3677 9645
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$186
WWUS54 KTSA 021019
SVSTSA
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
519 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
OKC113-021030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250402T1030Z/
Osage OK-
519 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY...
At 519 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles east of
Pearsonia, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar 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...
Bigheart... Sunset Lake...
Pearsonia...
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 3673 9642 3681 9648 3698 9619 3678 9611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 239DEG 45KT 3680 9636
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage, Pawnee | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 16 min |
| Apr 2, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa and 4 more | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa and 1 more | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee and 4 more | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 2 more | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 4 more | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Delaware | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh and 4 more | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, Sequoyah | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 9:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Adair | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 11:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TSA | LeFlore | 48 min |
| Apr 2, 2:11 PM CDT | Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 4 more | 3 days |
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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.