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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 2, 2025Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2025, 5:28 AM CDT for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 2, 2025, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 5:44 AM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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
Apr 2, 2:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 604 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

370 
WFUS54 KTSA 021028
TORTSA
OKC113-147-021100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0008.250402T1028Z-250402T1100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
528 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Osage County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Northern Washington County in northeastern Oklahoma...

* Until 600 AM CDT.

* At 528 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Bigheart, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  Bigheart...                       Wah Sha She State Park...
  Hulah...                          

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 9591 3697 9589 3679 9625 3689 9634
      3700 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 235DEG 38KT 3685 9622 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

929 
WWUS54 KTSA 021044
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

OKC113-147-021053-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250402T1100Z/
Osage OK-Washington OK-
544 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSAGE AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for northeastern
Oklahoma.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9591 3697 9589 3679 9625 3689 9634
      3700 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1042Z 235DEG 38KT 3695 9605 

$$

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, 5:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.