Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 8:46 PM CST for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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
- Mar 12, 2006, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cherokee County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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, 9:09 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Peggs, 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 130246 TORTSA OKC021-130345- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0018.060313T0246Z-060313T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 846 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 945 PM CST * AT 842 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF PEGGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEGGS... SCRAPER AND OAKS. 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 3616 9511 3598 9525 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130307 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 907 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC021-130345- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ CHEROKEE OK- 907 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 859 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION...INDICATING A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEGGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCRAPER AND OAKS. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3616 9511 3603 9522 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130313 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 911 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC021-130345- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ CHEROKEE OK- 911 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 907 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO. SPOTTER HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTIONS OF THIS STORM WERE LOCATED ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF REASORS RANCH...AND CROSSING HIGHWAY 82...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SCRAPER AND OAKS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 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 3616 9511 3605 9512 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130320 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 920 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC021-130345- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ CHEROKEE OK- 920 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 916 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE CROSSING CHEROKEE TURNPIKE / HIGHWAY 412 NEAR LEACH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3616 9502 3606 9502 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130336 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 936 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC021-130346- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ CHEROKEE OK- 936 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 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 AM. LAT...LON 3616 9502 3606 9502 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130337 CCA SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 936 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC021-130346- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060313T0345Z/ CHEROKEE OK- 937 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. LAT...LON 3616 9502 3606 9502 3601 9479 3619 9480 $$
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, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 49 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.