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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 6, 2006Nowata County, Rogers County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT for Nowata County, Rogers County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 6, 2006, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Nowata County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 6:12 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGTalala, OKTREE LIMBS DOWN.
Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Nowata, OK
Apr 6, 6:40 PM CDTTORNADO10 E Delaware, OKMUCH DELAYED REPORT FROM 2006. 3/4 MILE LONG PATH, 100 TO 150 YARDS WIDE. SHED DESTROYED, MANY TREES UPROOTED, GARAGE DOOR PULLED OUT FROM GARAGE, BARNS DAMAGED.

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
Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 693 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 062246
TORTSA
OKC105-131-147-062330-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0037.060406T2246Z-060406T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
546 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NOWATA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  ROGERS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF
  VERA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...RAMONA...
  OOLOGAH...TALALA...WATOVA...NOWATA...CHELSEA AND NEW ALLUWE.

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 3649 9605 3639 9589 3653 9536 3689 9543

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 062259
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
600 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

ARC015-062310-
/O.CAN.KTSA.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-060406T2315Z/
CARROLL AR-
600 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CARROLL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3649 9330 3632 9330 3620 9351 3626 9360
      3628 9365 3631 9366 3631 9371 3649 9369

$$
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 062329
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
629 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

OKC105-131-147-062339-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-060406T2330Z/
WASHINGTON OK-NOWATA OK-ROGERS OK-
629 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROGERS...NOWATA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

LAT...LON 3649 9605 3639 9589 3653 9536 3689 9543

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:31 AM CDTRed Flag WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more18 hr
Apr 6, 3:31 AM CDTWind AdvisoryTSACraig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more18 hr
Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer52 min
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah53 min
Apr 6, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee55 min
Apr 6, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage46 min
Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek52 min
Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington30 min
Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington35 min
Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage, Washington24 min
Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa29 min
Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa, Wagoner49 min
Apr 6, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner42 min
Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee65 min
Apr 6, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg56 min
Apr 6, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers40 min
Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes26 min
Apr 6, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg37 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.