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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 11, 2006Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2006, 9:48 PM CST for Choctaw County, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 min. 2 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: Mar 11, 2006, 9:48 PM CST (03:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 11, 2006, 10:45 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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
Mar 11, 10:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	10 Nne Unger, OK
Mar 11, 10:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	5 S Darwin, OK

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 3397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KTSA 120348
SVRTSA
OKC023-127-120445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.SV.W.0075.060312T0348Z-060312T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
948 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 947 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
  TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOSWELL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOPER...
  KENT...ANTLERS...KELLOND...MOYERS...KOSOMA...DUNBAR...SNOW...
  STANLEY...NASHOBA...CLAYTON...KIAMICHI AND TUSKAHOMA.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3409 9596 3391 9579 3465 9500 3468 9545
      3451 9573

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 120417
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1018 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ARC131-120430-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060312T0430Z/
SEBASTIAN AR-
1018 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR SEBASTIAN
COUNTY...

AT 1016 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES NORTHWEST OF URSULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3533 9421 3529 9418 3529 9408 3542 9408

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 120433
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1033 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

OKC127-120445-
/O.CON.KTSA.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060312T0445Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1033 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...

AT 1024 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUNBAR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CLAYTON...
SARDIS...TUSKAHOMA AND KIAMICHI.

LAT...LON 3419 9573 3422 9557 3465 9500 3468 9545
      3451 9573

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 120443
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1042 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

OKC127-120452-
/O.EXP.KTSA.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-060312T0445Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
1042 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PUSHMATAHA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1045 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS STORM AS IT CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
INTO SOUTHERN LATIMER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3419 9573 3422 9557 3465 9500 3468 9545
      3451 9573

$$

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 Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST, 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
AFTER COORDINATION WITH THE SPC WE ARE EXPANDING TORNADO WATCH
NUMBER 64 INTO CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...SEBASTIAN AND LE FLORE
COUNTIES.

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ054-
     OKZ055-OKZ056-OKZ057-OKZ058-OKZ059-OKZ060-OKZ061-OKZ062-
     OKZ063-OKZ064-OKZ065-OKZ066-OKZ067-OKZ068-OKZ069-OKZ070.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ049-
     OKZ053-OKZ071-OKZ072-OKZ073-OKZ074-OKZ075-OKZ076.

AR...NONE.
&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 11:27 AM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1127 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ARZ001-002-010-011-019-020-029-OKZ049-053>076-121100-
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-
1126 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
TORNADO.
	RISK...LIMITED.
	AREA....EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER NOON.

        AREA AT GREATEST RISK...EAST OF A MIAMI TO MCALESTER LINE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
	RISK...ELEVATED.
	AREA...EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
	ONSET...AFTER NOON.

	AREA AT GREATEST RISK...AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 75.

FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
	RISK...ELEVATED...SPREADINDEX=49.
	AREA...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
	ONSET...ONGOING.

DISCUSSION...
A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM OSAGE COUNTY DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING. THE DRYLINE HAS BEEN SLOWLY MOVING TO
THE EAST AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE AFTERNOON.
TO THE WEST OF THE DRY LINE...FIRE DANGER WILL BE A CONCERN AS WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION.
TO THE EAST OF THE DRY LINE CAPES ALONG THE ORDER OF 2000 TO 2500 J/KG
WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS  INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH MORE THAN
ADEQUATE WIND SHEAR WILL POWER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY RISK...BUT A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY NEEDED...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR EASTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SUNDAY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER
POTENTIAL.
MONDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
TUESDAY...NO HAZARDS.
WEDNESDAY...VERY HIGH FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
THURSDAY...NO HAZARDS.
FRIDAY...NO HAZARDS.

EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE EVEN GREATER ON SUNDAY THAN TODAY.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL BEGIN TO
LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE P

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:03 PM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
903 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

0856 PM     HAIL             FORT SMITH              35.39N 94.40W
03/11/2006  E0.88 INCH       SEBASTIAN          AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAIL REPORTED IN EAST AND SOUTH FORT SMITH

&&

FSP

Special weather statement, Mar 11, 9:07 PM CST, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
907 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

ARZ002-120330-
CARROLL AR-
907 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
     CARROLL

AT 907 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
SOUTH OF EUREKA SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...OAK GROVE...OAK HILL...
PLEASANT RIDGE...BERRYVILLE...EUREKA SPRINGS...GREEN FOREST...
METALTON...CABANAL...URBANETTE...GRANDVIEW...BUSCH AND BEAVER.

ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER WASHINGTON
AND MADISON COUNTIES WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH CARROLL COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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, Mar 11, 9:17 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
917 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

0916 PM     HAIL             POTEAU                  35.05N 94.62W
03/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       LE FLORE           OK   PUBLIC

&&

FSP

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:34 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
934 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

0932 PM     HAIL             4 NW CECIL              35.48N 93.99W
03/11/2006  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

FSP

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:37 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
937 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

0928 PM     HAIL             MULBERRY                35.50N 94.05W
03/11/2006  E0.75 INCH       CRAWFORD           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

JDS

Local storm report, Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

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

0944 PM     TORNADO          OZARK                   35.49N 93.83W
03/11/2006                   FRANKLIN           AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO REPORTED WEST SIDE OF OZARK

&&

FSP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	54 min
Mar 11, 9:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	51 min
Mar 11, 9:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	63 min
Mar 11, 10:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	32 min
Mar 11, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer	53 min
Mar 11, 11:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	36 min
Mar 11, 11:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	71 min
Mar 11, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	43 min
Mar 12, 12:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.