Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 12, 2006, 9:22 PM CST for Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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, 9:22 PM CST (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2006, 9:55 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Delaware County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:29 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 S Leach, OK | HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED...CARS BLOWN OFF CHEROKEE TURNPIKE...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 130322 TORTSA OKC041-130415- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0021.060313T0322Z-060313T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 922 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 920 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWIN OAKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KANSAS... COLCORD AND MAYSVILLE. THIS TORNADO WILL BE CROSSING CHEROKEE TURNPIKE / HIGHWAY 412 NEAR LEACH. 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 3631 9497 3616 9493 3619 9456 3650 9462 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130333 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 933 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC041-130415- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060313T0415Z/ DELAWARE OK- 933 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR DELAWARE COUNTY... AT 928 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANSAS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COLCORD AND MAYSVILLE. AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3631 9490 3619 9485 3619 9456 3650 9462 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130342 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 943 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC041-130415- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060313T0415Z/ DELAWARE OK- 943 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR DELAWARE COUNTY... AT 941 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A VERY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLCORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...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 3636 9473 3625 9473 3619 9456 3650 9462 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 130355 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 956 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 OKC041-130406- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060313T0415Z/ DELAWARE OK- 956 PM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DELAWARE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM. LAT...LON 3636 9473 3625 9473 3619 9456 3650 9462 $$
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, 8:46 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, 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.