Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2006, 8:56 PM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 15 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 30, 2006, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2006, 9:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wagoner County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 30, 8:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 845 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGES CONFIRM H5 VORT MAX SHOWN BY MODELS. THIS VORT MAX WAS SOUTH OF WICHITA AT 1Z AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS TULSA TO NEAR SILOAM SPRINGS BY 1 AM. EXPECT CONVECTION TO REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF THIS VORT MAX...SO EXPECT THE CONVECTION TO END OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY MIDNIGHT AND OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS A FEW HOURS AFTER THAT. AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL...EXPECT AIRMASS TO BECOME MORE STABLE AND SEVERITY OF STORMS TO LESSEN. SECOND LINE OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED JUST TO THE EAST OF CLAREMORE INTO WESTERN WAGONER COUNTY. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POPS FOR THIS. PLAN NO CHANGES TO TEMPS OVERNIGHT. && .TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. && SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 6 LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 2
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-011000-
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-
352 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS
MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
RISK...ELEVATED.
AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET...LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AREA AT GREATEST RISK...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN
KANSAS AND WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VERY COLD AIR ALOFT AND
WARM AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE CREATED A VERY UNSTABLE
CONDITION THAT WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT...BUT STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR BELOW CLOUD
BASE WILL ENHANCE THE CHANCES OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS WITH
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE THREAT AREA WILL BE MAINLY
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED THROUGH THE EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
MONDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL.
SATURDAY...NO HAZARDS.
EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH MUCH OF THE
WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES BYPASSES THE AREA MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY APPROACHES...THEN MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA BY MID TO LATE IN THE WEEK. AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AND EXPECTED
WIND SHEAR PROFILES SUGGEST THAT A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT COULD
DEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN BY LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING STATEMENT...
LATER FORECASTS SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TULSA CONTAINS ADDITIONAL TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL
INFORMATION.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
OKZ055-056-061-010000-
NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-WASHINGTON OK-
617 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WASHINGTON...NOWATA AND ROGERS
AT 617 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM WANN TO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF OCHELATA...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS
INCLUDE...NOWATA...DELAWARE...LENAPAH...WANN...WATOVA...NEW ALLUWE...
FOYIL...TALALA...BARTLESVILLE...RAMONA...OCHELATA...DEWEY AND COPAN.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Apr 30, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
650 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
OKZ057-058-062-063-010045-
CRAIG OK-DELAWARE OK-MAYES OK-OTTAWA OK-
650 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
OTTAWA...CRAIG...DELAWARE AND MAYES
AT 650 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUAPAW TO 9 MILES WEST OF
WHITE OAK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CHLOETA...CLEORA...BERNICE...
MIAMI...COMMERCE...AFTON...FAIRLAND...NARCISSA...WYANDOTTE...
OTTAWA...QUAPAW...CARDIN...PICHER...VINITA...KETCHUM...BIG CABIN...
WHITE OAK...PYRAMID CORNERS...BLUEJACKET...SPAVINAW...STRANG...
PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND DISNEY.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:14 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
814 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
OKZ061-010145-
ROGERS OK-
814 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
ROGERS
AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
WEST OF VERDIGRIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAREMORE...VERDIGRIS AND TIAWAH.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
826 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
OKZ067-010200-
WAGONER OK-
826 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WAGONER
AT 826 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ONETA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONETA.
THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:33 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
833 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
ARZ010-019-010215-
CRAWFORD AR-WASHINGTON AR-
833 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
WASHINGTON AND CRAWFORD
AT 833 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI TO 8 MILES WEST
OF SUMMERS TO 19 MILES WEST OF ODELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALNUT
GROVE...ODELL...FAYETTEVILLE...WINSLOW...WEST FORK...LINCOLN...
PRAIRIE GROVE...FARMINGTON...BLACKBURN...HOGEYE...STRICKLER...
MORROW...BRENTWOOD...WOOLSEY...WYOLA...CLYDE...CANEHILL...SUMMERS...
BLACK OAK...GREENLAND...RHEA...VINEY GROVE...CINCINNATI...
WEDINGTON...SAVOY...MOUNTAINBURG...ALMA...CEDARVILLE...NATURAL DAM...
CHESTER...RUDY...LEE CREEK AND MOUNT GAYLER.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE THE
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS UPGRADED TO A WARNING.Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:49 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
849 PM CDT SUN APR 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S PEGGS 36.05N 95.10W
04/30/2006 CHEROKEE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
0813 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N TAHLEQUAH 35.93N 94.97W
04/30/2006 E60.00 MPH CHEROKEE OK TRAINED SPOTTER
0813 PM HAIL TULSA 36.13N 95.92W
04/30/2006 E0.88 INCH TULSA OK TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 PM HAIL PAWHUSKA 36.67N 96.34W
04/30/2006 E0.88 INCH OSAGE OK LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
PBSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 82 min |
| Apr 30, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006Every 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.