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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 24, 2006Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2006, 10:16 PM CDT for Delaware County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2006, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 24, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 2449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 24, 9:49 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 9:49 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
912 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-251000-
ADAIR OK-BENTON AR-CARROLL AR-CHEROKEE OK-CHOCTAW OK-CRAIG OK-
CRAWFORD AR-CREEK OK-DELAWARE OK-FRANKLIN AR-HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
LE FLORE OK-MADISON AR-MAYES OK-MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-NOWATA OK-
OKFUSKEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-OSAGE OK-OTTAWA OK-PAWNEE OK-PITTSBURG OK-
PUSHMATAHA OK-ROGERS OK-SEBASTIAN AR-SEQUOYAH OK-TULSA OK-WAGONER OK-
WASHINGTON OK-WASHINGTON AR-
911 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA....EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.
	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...WEST OF A TULSA TO MCALESTER LINE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...ONGOING.
	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
DRY LINE/COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS FAVORABLE IN ADVANCE
OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW TORNADIC SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AS THE DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP INTO A COMPLEX WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND STRONG WINDS EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY NEEDED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SUNDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS FROM TONIGHT WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING
BEFORE ENDING.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE CONTROL LATER IN THE
DAY AND WILL STAY OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
LATE THIS WEEK A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE INTO THE AREA
FROM THE NORTH WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TRIES TO MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO THE AREA FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST.  THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL RESULT.

WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
906 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

OKZ058-250245-
OTTAWA OK-
906 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OTTAWA

AT 906 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OTTAWA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MIAMI...FAIRLAND...WYANDOTTE...
OTTAWA AND PEORIA.

A LARGE PORTION OF OTTAWA COUNTY WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
THROUGH 945 PM CDT.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:29 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
929 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0914 PM     TSTM WND GST     OWASSO                  36.27N 95.85W
04/24/2006  E60 MPH          TULSA              OK   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:53 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
953 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0951 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N INOLA               36.18N 95.51W
04/24/2006  E65 MPH          ROGERS             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1006 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHOUTEAU                36.19N 95.34W
04/24/2006  E65 MPH          MAYES              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JDS

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 10:10 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1010 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

OKZ066-070-071-250415-
MCINTOSH OK-MUSKOGEE OK-OKMULGEE OK-
1010 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     MUSKOGEE

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     OKMULGEE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     MCINTOSH

AT 1010 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF BALD HILL TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

A LARGE PORTION OF MUSKOGEE...OKMULGEE AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 10:11 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

OKZ063-068-250345-
CHEROKEE OK-DELAWARE OK-
1011 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
     DELAWARE

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
     CHEROKEE

AT 1011 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A GUST FRONT OUT AHEAD
OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEACH TO 8
MILES WEST OF LOST CITY TO 32 MILES WEST OF HULBERT...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE
STORMS INCLUDE...OAKS...LEACH...TWIN OAKS...KANSAS...
TAHLEQUAH...HULBERT...ELDON...LOST CITY...PEGGS AND SCRAPER.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	59 min
Apr 24, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	48 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	65 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	61 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	62 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers, Wagoner	61 min
Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	28 min
Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	38 min
Apr 24, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	43 min
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Sequoyah	63 min
Apr 24, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	50 min
Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	38 min
Apr 24, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	52 min
Apr 25, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	30 min
Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	47 min
Apr 25, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	57 min
Apr 25, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	56 min
Apr 25, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	63 min
Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	54 min
Apr 24, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Crawford, Sebastian	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.