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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2006Haskell County, Latimer County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 7:11 PM CST for Haskell County, Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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 30, 2006, 7:11 PM CST (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2006, 8:15 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 30, 7:20 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Kinta, OK
Mar 30, 7:31 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Lequire, OK
Mar 30, 7:58 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Keota, 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 30, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 263 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
263 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 310112
TORTSA
OKC061-077-310215-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0028.060331T0111Z-060331T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
711 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 707 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 11
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A        
  DANGEROUS STORM AND A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KINTA...
  LEQUIRE...STIGLER...MC CURTAIN...MCCURTAIN AND KEOTA.

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 3503 9538 3504 9535 3518 9535 3534 9486
      3534 9481 3522 9482 3521 9493 3500 9493
      3496 9539

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 310123
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
722 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

OKC061-077-310215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
HASKELL OK-LATIMER OK-
722 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR LATIMER
AND HASKELL COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC 
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR KINTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND A 
TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEQUIRE...
STIGLER...KANIMA...MC CURTAIN...MCCURTAIN AND KEOTA.

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 3503 9538 3504 9535 3518 9535 3534 9486
      3534 9481 3522 9482 3521 9493 3500 9493
      3496 9539

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 310156
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
756 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

OKC077-310206-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
LATIMER OK-
756 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LATIMER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3518 9534 3533 9488 3534 9481 3523 9482
      3521 9493 3507 9493 3507 9535

$$

OKC061-310215-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
HASKELL OK-
756 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR HASKELL
COUNTY...

AT 751 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MCCURTAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KANIMA AND
KEOTA.

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 3518 9534 3533 9488 3534 9481 3523 9482
      3521 9493 3507 9493 3507 9535

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 310214
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
815 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

OKC061-310225-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060331T0215Z/
HASKELL OK-
815 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 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 MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3518 9534 3533 9488 3534 9481 3523 9482
      3521 9493 3507 9493 3507 9535

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg49 min
Mar 30, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer57 min
Mar 30, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh54 min
Mar 30, 7:51 PM CSTTornado WarningTSALeFlore54 min
Mar 30, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah50 min
Mar 30, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah49 min
Mar 30, 9:09 PM CSTTornado WarningTSALeFlore36 min
Mar 30, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell43 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah37 min

Nearby

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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.