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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 12, 2006Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:41 PM CST for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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
Mar 12, 2006, 8:41 PM CST (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2006, 9:30 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mayes County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Murphy, OK
Mar 12, 8:54 PM CSTHAIL 0.88Locust Grove, OK
Mar 12, 9:08 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Locust Grove, OK

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 12, 12:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1549 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 130242 RRA
TORTSA
OKC097-130330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0017.060313T0241Z-060313T0330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 838 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES SOUTH OF CHOUTEAU...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHOUTEAU...
  LOCUST GROVE...SALINA AND SPAVINAW.

ANOTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC STORM WAS TRACKING JUST NORTH OF 
NORTHERN MAYES 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 3625 9545 3609 9545 3610 9513 3640 9502

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130251
SVSTSA

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

OKC097-130330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060313T0330Z/
MAYES OK-
851 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR MAYES COUNTY...

AT 850 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES SOUTH OF MURPHY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...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 3617 9531 3608 9534 3610 9513 3628 9506

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130303
SVSTSA

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

OKC097-130330-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060313T0330Z/
MAYES OK-
903 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR MAYES COUNTY...

AT 859 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM
WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MURPHY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LOCUST GROVE.

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 3625 9523 3609 9530 3610 9513 3637 9501

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 130325
SVSTSA

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

OKC097-130335-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060313T0330Z/
MAYES OK-
925 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MAYES COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM.

LAT...LON 3625 9523 3609 9530 3610 9513 3637 9501

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington36 min
Mar 12, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee51 min
Mar 12, 6:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa58 min
Mar 12, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington50 min
Mar 12, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage49 min
Mar 12, 7:06 PM CSTTornado WarningTSANowata24 min
Mar 12, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers60 min
Mar 12, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee59 min
Mar 12, 7:24 PM CSTTornado WarningTSANowata36 min
Mar 12, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner70 min
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa35 min
Mar 12, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek12 min
Mar 12, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig59 min
Mar 12, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes63 min
Mar 12, 8:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers53 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAWagoner44 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACraig, Mayes24 min
Mar 12, 8:27 PM CSTTornado WarningTSARogers22 min
Mar 12, 8:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa57 min
Mar 12, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WarningTSADelaware50 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACraig14 min
Mar 12, 8:46 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee59 min
Mar 12, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAOttawa22 min
Mar 12, 9:15 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair29 min
Mar 12, 9:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSADelaware33 min
Mar 12, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata44 min
Mar 12, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa39 min
Mar 12, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers56 min
Mar 12, 11:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig34 min
Mar 12, 11:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa59 min
Mar 12, 11:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair63 min
Mar 13, 12:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell54 min
Mar 13, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee16 min
Mar 13, 12:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah71 min
Mar 13, 12:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair27 min
Mar 13, 12:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore81 min
Mar 13, 12:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha77 min
Mar 13, 2:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.