Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2006, 5:29 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 20, 2006, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 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), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 5:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arpelar, OK | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KTSA 202229 SVRTSA OKC121-202330- /O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0430.060820T2229Z-060820T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 529 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAYWOOD TO SAVANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SAVANNA... CANADIAN...CROWDER...KREBS...ALDERSON AND MCALESTER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3495 9608 3475 9589 3492 9549 3518 9565 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 202246 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 547 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 OKC121-202330- /O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-060820T2330Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 547 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SCIPIO TO HAYWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KREBS...ALDERSON AND MCALESTER. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3503 9607 3484 9597 3488 9568 3516 9583 $$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 202302
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
602 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006
OKC121-202330-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-060820T2330Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
602 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY...
AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR
SCIPIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3501 9605 3495 9596 3506 9580 3520 9580
3515 9597
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 202328
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
628 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006
OKC121-202338-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-060820T2330Z/
PITTSBURG OK-
628 PM CDT SUN AUG 20 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT
630 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3501 9605 3495 9596 3506 9580 3520 9580
3515 9597
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Pittsburg | 64 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.