Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2006, 7:12 PM CDT for Haskell County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Haskell County, OK, Muskogee County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 N Enterprise, OK | WEST OF EUFAULA DAM...BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ON LAKE |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 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 070012
TORTSA
OKC061-101-070100-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0041.060407T0012Z-060407T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
712 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MUSKOGEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 5
MILES WEST OF ENTERPRISE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITEFIELD...
BRIARTOWN...PORUM...STIGLER...KEOTA AND TAMAHA.
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 3513 9533 3513 9535 3516 9535 3517 9536
3517 9545 3531 9545 3532 9538 3530 9535
3537 9534 3549 9511 3539 9491 3527 9481
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 070029 RRA
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
727 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
OKC061-101-070100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T0100Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-HASKELL OK-
727 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HASKELL
AND MUSKOGEE COUNTIES...
AT 725 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS
CONTINUED TO TRACK A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BRIARTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. A TORNADO HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED ONE MILE WEST OF EUFAULA DAM OR 4 MILES
NORTH OF ENTERPRISE...TAKE COVER NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...STIGLER...
KANIMA...KEOTA AND TAMAHA.
A TORNADO COULD REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME.
IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3513 9533 3513 9535 3516 9535 3517 9536
3517 9545 3531 9545 3532 9538 3530 9535
3537 9534 3549 9511 3539 9491 3527 9481
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 070045
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
745 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
OKC101-070055-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T0100Z/
MUSKOGEE OK-
745 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUSKOGEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3528 9481 3528 9508 3532 9518 3544 9507
3539 9491
$$
OKC061-070100-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T0100Z/
HASKELL OK-
745 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR HASKELL
COUNTY...
AT 742 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TAMAHA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS
VERY DANGEROUS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...TAKE
COVER NOW
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TAMAHA.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES IF
YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3528 9481 3528 9508 3532 9518 3544 9507
3539 9491
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 070100
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
800 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
OKC061-070110-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060407T0100Z/
HASKELL OK-
800 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HASKELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 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 3528 9481 3528 9508 3532 9518 3544 9507
3539 9491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Delaware, Mayes | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 34 min |
| Apr 6, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 59 min |
| Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 4:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 7, 10:02 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TSA | Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa and 4 more | 9 hr |
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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.