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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 7:51 PM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2006, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2006, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County LeFlore County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 30, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 535 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 310151
TORTSA
OKC079-310245-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0029.060331T0151Z-060331T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
751 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LE FLORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
BOKOSHE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOKOSHE...
PANAMA...SPIRO...CAMERON...ARKOMA AND POCOLA.
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 3509 9445 3505 9492 3521 9492 3522 9481
3534 9480 3535 9471 3531 9467 3528 9467
3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463 3534 9459
3530 9450 3535 9450 3536 9444
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 310209
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
809 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC079-310245-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060331T0245Z/
LE FLORE OK-
809 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR LE FLORE
COUNTY...
AT 807 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BOKOSHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BOKOSHE...SHADY
POINT...PANAMA...COWLINGTON...SPIRO...CAMERON...ARKOMA...BRADEN...
SCULLYVILLE...POCOLA AND ROCK ISLAND.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE
LAT...LON 3509 9445 3505 9492 3521 9492 3522 9481
3534 9480 3535 9471 3531 9467 3528 9467
3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463 3534 9459
3530 9450 3535 9450 3536 9444
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 310253 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
854 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
OKC079-310304-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060331T0245Z/
LE FLORE OK-
854 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LE FLORE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 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 3509 9445 3505 9492 3521 9492 3522 9481
3534 9480 3535 9471 3531 9467 3528 9467
3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463 3534 9459
3530 9450 3535 9450 3536 9444
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 9:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.