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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 2006Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 5:58 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 77 min. 3 reports 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: May 9, 2006, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pittsburg County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 9, 6:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Nw Scipio, OK
May 9, 6:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw Lamar, OK
May 9, 6:38 PM CDT	HAIL 2	6 Nnw Scipio, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 386 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 449 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 092258
SVRTSA
OKC121-100015-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0290.060509T2258Z-060510T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
  WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23 MILES WEST OF
  INDIANOLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CANADIAN...
  INDIANOLA AND CROWDER.

THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3520 9630 3507 9623 3508 9555 3523 9554

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 092313
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
612 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

OKC121-100015-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-060510T0015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
612 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY...

AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SCIPIO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WAS DEVELOPING 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCIPIO.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARPELAR...
HAYWOOD...SCIPIO...MCALESTER...CANADIAN...INDIANOLA...CROWDER...
BLOCKER AND KREBS.

THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3514 9607 3486 9610 3492 9557 3525 9554

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 092339
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
639 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

OKC121-100015-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0290.000000T0000Z-060510T0015Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
639 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY...

AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCIPIO...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INDIANOLA...
MCALESTER...CANADIAN...CROWDER...BLOCKER AND KREBS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3514 9607 3486 9610 3492 9557 3525 9554

$$

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 May 9, 5:48 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 5:48 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
THE CELL IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY HAS FIRED ON A PRE-FRONTAL WIND SHIFT
AND QUICKLY BECAME SEVERE FEEDING OFF CAPES NEAR 2000 J/KG AND
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR NEAR 45 KNOTS.

A NUMBER OF UPDRAFT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONGEALING OVER NORTHEAST
HUGHES COUNTY.  THESE CELLS ARE FEEDING OFF THE MAXIMUM INSTABILITY
IN THE AREA.  DEEP-LAYER WINDS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF A SUPERCELL...
HOWEVER THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS NOT OPTIMAL FOR SUSTAINED LOW-LEVEL
ROTATION AT THIS TIME...BUT THE ENVIRONMENT FOR LOW-LEVEL ROTATION
IMPROVES THE DEEPER THE CELL MOVES INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  THE
CELL IS ON / NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND HAS A THE POTENTIAL
TO BECOME A DANGEROUS CELL...ESPECIALLY IF IT TURNS RIGHT AS NOW
EXPECTED.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY FOR OKZ049-OKZ053-OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
     OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070-
     OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY FOR ARZ001-ARZ002-ARZ010-
     ARZ011-ARZ019-ARZ020-ARZ029.

&&

SHORT TERM FORECASTER ID= 1
LONG TERM FORECASTER ID= 1

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
315 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-101000-
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-
315 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
   THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TORNADO.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
	ONSET...AFTER 400 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...ALONG AND NEAR A FORT SMITH...
        MCALESTER LINE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...SIGNIFICANT.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 400 PM.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND
        WEST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

FLASH FLOOD.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER 400 PM.

HEAVY RAIN.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

DISCUSSION...
A STATIONARY BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH A WEAKENING CAP. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY BY LATE
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR
PROFILES SUGGEST SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY WITH VERY LARGE HAIL
...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL LIKELY BE ENHANCED ALONG THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY
IF ANY SUPERCELLS RESIDE ALONG THE BOUNDARY FOR ANY EXTENDED AMOUNT
OF TIME.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE WELL INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE
AREA. THE MAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
DOWNBURST WIND. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY IN
THE STRONGER STORMS WITH FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS TONIGHT.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED BY LATE AFTERNOON.

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

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS COULD REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING FOR THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 12:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1241 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0645 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S JAY                 36.38N 94.80W
05/09/2006                   DELAWARE           OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR LAKE EUCHA

&&

MAT

Local storm report, May 9, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1242 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0620 AM     HAIL             FAIRLAND                36.75N 94.85W
05/09/2006  M0.75 INCH       OTTAWA             OK   PUBLIC

&&

MAT

Local storm report, May 9, 12:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1259 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0702 AM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NNE TAHLEQUAH        36.05N 94.90W
05/09/2006                   CHEROKEE           OK   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

MAT

Local storm report, May 9, 1:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
118 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0306 AM     HAIL             4 N COPAN               36.96N 95.93W
05/09/2006  E1.25 INCH       WASHINGTON         OK   PUBLIC

0317 AM     HAIL             1 N WANN                36.93N 95.80W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       NOWATA             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0317 AM     HAIL             2 N WANN                36.94N 95.80W
05/09/2006  E1.50 INCH       NOWATA             OK   PUBLIC

0623 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W CHELSEA             36.54N 95.47W
05/09/2006                   ROGERS             OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES UPROOTED BY WIND

&&

MAT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	44 min
May 9, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	64 min
May 9, 3:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more	4 hr
May 9, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	60 min
May 9, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	67 min
May 9, 4:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	61 min
May 9, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	52 min
May 9, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	58 min
May 9, 5:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Ottawa	22 min
May 9, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	51 min
May 9, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	64 min
May 9, 6:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	56 min
May 9, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	53 min
May 9, 11:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more	23 hr
May 9, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Muskogee	58 min
May 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	59 min
May 9, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	54 min
May 9, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	53 min
May 9, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	42 min
May 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	59 min
May 9, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	57 min

Nearby

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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.