Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:41 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Murphy, OK | |
| Mar 12, 8:54 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Locust Grove, OK | |
| Mar 12, 9:08 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Locust 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.
| 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, 2.7 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 24 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, 8:46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.