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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2006LeFlore County, Oklahoma

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 366 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg49 min
Mar 30, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer57 min
Mar 30, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer64 min
Mar 30, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.