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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2006, 6:53 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Canadian, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 563 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 062353 TORTSA OKC121-070030- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0040.060406T2353Z-060407T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 653 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...INDIANOLA... CROWDER...BLOCKER...CANADIAN AND QUINTON. 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 3514 9591 3497 9574 3510 9535 3530 9550 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 070006 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 706 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 OKC121-070030- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 706 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY... AT 704 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANADIAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. INCH AND A HALF HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3519 9573 3508 9563 3514 9541 3530 9550 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 070023 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 723 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 OKC121-070033- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-060407T0030Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 723 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT... 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 900 PM. LAT...LON 3519 9573 3508 9563 3514 9541 3530 9550 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Mayes, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and 6 more | 18 hr |
| Apr 6, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 52 min |
| Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Tulsa, Wagoner | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 42 min |
| Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 40 min |
| Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 26 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.