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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 2006LeFlore County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2006, 9:09 PM CST for LeFlore County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 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, 9:09 PM CST (03:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 36 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.

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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 310309
TORTSA
OKC079-310345-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0031.060331T0309Z-060331T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 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 945 PM CST

* AT 906 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF
  SPIRO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...POCOLA AND
  ARKOMA.

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 3518 9444 3518 9469 3534 9469 3531 9467
      3528 9467 3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463
      3534 9459 3530 9450 3535 9450 3537 9444
      3537 9444

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 310320
SVSTSA

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

OKC079-310345-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-060331T0345Z/
LE FLORE OK-
919 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR LE FLORE
COUNTY...

AT 914 PM CST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC 
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 
NEAR BRADEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A 
TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARKOMA.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND 
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR 
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3518 9444 3518 9469 3534 9469 3531 9467
      3528 9467 3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463
      3534 9459 3530 9450 3535 9450 3537 9444
      3537 9444

$$

000 
WWUS54 KTSA 310346
SVSTSA

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

OKC079-310356-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-060331T0345Z/
LE FLORE OK-
946 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LE FLORE 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 MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3518 9444 3518 9469 3534 9469 3531 9467
      3528 9467 3528 9466 3529 9463 3530 9463
      3534 9459 3530 9450 3535 9450 3537 9444
      3537 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, 7:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TSA	LeFlore	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, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell	43 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	37 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.