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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 12, 2006Craig County, Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:21 PM CST for Craig County, Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2006, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2006, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craig County, OK, Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 12, 12:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 13.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 130221 RRA
TORTSA
OKC035-097-130245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0013.060313T0221Z-060313T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
821 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  MAYES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 821 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ADAIR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ADAIR...BIG
  CABIN...PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND KETCHUM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3651 9544 3636 9543 3647 9502 3666 9500
      3660 9531

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130229
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
829 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

OKC035-097-130245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060313T0245Z/
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-
829 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR MAYES AND CRAIG
COUNTIES...

AT 825 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR ADAIR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BIG CABIN...
PENSACOLA...LANGLEY AND KETCHUM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3651 9544 3636 9543 3643 9501 3666 9500
      3660 9531

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130237
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
834 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

OKC035-097-130245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060313T0245Z/
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-
834 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR MAYES AND CRAIG
COUNTIES...

AT 833 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 
MILES WEST OF MAZIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

ANOTHER ROTATING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG CABIN MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM ALSO HAS TORNADIC POTENTIAL FOR NORTH MAYES
AND SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTIES. 

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU...
MURPHY...PRYOR...LOCUST GROVE...LANGLEY...PENSACOLA...ADAIR...
STRANG...SALINA...BIG CABIN AND KETCHUM.

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 3651 9544 3608 9545 3608 9511 3666 9500
      3660 9531

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130236
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
835 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

OKC035-097-130245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060313T0245Z/
CRAIG OK-MAYES OK-
835 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR MAYES AND CRAIG
COUNTIES...

AT 833 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PENSACOLA...
ROSE...VINITA...SPAVINAW...LANGLEY AND KETCHUM.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION IS MOVING ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MAYES COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES 
OF MAZIE...CHOUTEAU...AND LOCUST GROVE. 

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3660 9533 3607 9546 3609 9511 3618 9501
      3669 9500

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	36 min
Mar 12, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	51 min
Mar 12, 6:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	58 min
Mar 12, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	50 min
Mar 12, 6:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	49 min
Mar 12, 7:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata	24 min
Mar 12, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	60 min
Mar 12, 7:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	59 min
Mar 12, 7:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Nowata	36 min
Mar 12, 7:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	70 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	35 min
Mar 12, 7:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	12 min
Mar 12, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	59 min
Mar 12, 7:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	63 min
Mar 12, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	53 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Wagoner	44 min
Mar 12, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Rogers	22 min
Mar 12, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	57 min
Mar 12, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	50 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Craig	14 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Mayes	49 min
Mar 12, 8:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee	59 min
Mar 12, 8:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Ottawa	22 min
Mar 12, 9:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair	29 min
Mar 12, 9:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	33 min
Mar 12, 10:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Nowata	44 min
Mar 12, 10:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	39 min
Mar 12, 11:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes, Rogers	56 min
Mar 12, 11:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	34 min
Mar 12, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	59 min
Mar 12, 11:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	63 min
Mar 13, 12:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	54 min
Mar 13, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	16 min
Mar 13, 12:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	71 min
Mar 13, 12:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	27 min
Mar 13, 12:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	81 min
Mar 13, 12:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pushmataha	77 min
Mar 13, 2:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	31 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.