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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 25, 2006Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2006, 2:42 AM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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 25, 2006, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2006, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

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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, 11:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 11:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1147 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
THE BOWING LINE SEGMENT MOVING ACROSS ADAIR AND NORTHERN SEQUOYAH
COUNTY HAS SLOWED A LITTLE...BUT REFLECTIVITY PATTERN STILL SUGGESTS
SOME POTENIAL FOR NEAR SEVERE GUSTS.  WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
WIND REPORTS BUT WILL WILL CARRY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY BASED ON THE REFLECTIVITY PATTERN.  WE WILL
EXTEND THE WARNING INTO SEBASTIAN COUNTY AS THE LATEST RADAR
ANIMATION SHOWS A SURGE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee59 min
Apr 24, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa34 min
Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers48 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington65 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee61 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa62 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner61 min
Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington28 min
Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee38 min
Apr 24, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek43 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes59 min
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Sequoyah63 min
Apr 24, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair50 min
Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Apr 24, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
Apr 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah30 min
Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh47 min
Apr 25, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha57 min
Apr 25, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore56 min
Apr 24, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton54 min
Apr 24, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Sebastian51 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.