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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2006, 6:38 PM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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 24, 2006, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 24, 6:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mannford, OK | REPORTED BY MANNFORD P.D. AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 48 AND 51. ALSO REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sand Springs, 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 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 405 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 242338
TORTSA
OKC037-143-250030-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0047.060424T2338Z-060425T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
638 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
MANNFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MANNFORD...
SAND SPRINGS...TULSA AND OWASSO.
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
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3615 9642 3617 9636 3617 9601 3628 9600
3633 9582 3633 9582 3617 9583 3617 9579
3611 9579 3605 9644
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 242358
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
658 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
OKC037-143-250030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060425T0030Z/
TULSA OK-CREEK OK-
658 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CREEK AND TULSA COUNTIES...
AT 654 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MANNFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAND SPRINGS...
GRAY...OWASSO AND TULSA.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3615 9642 3617 9636 3617 9601 3628 9600
3633 9582 3633 9582 3617 9583 3617 9579
3611 9579 3605 9644
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 250020
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
718 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
OKC037-250028-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060425T0030Z/
CREEK OK-
718 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CREEK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3612 9614 3617 9614 3617 9601 3628 9600
3633 9582 3633 9582 3617 9583 3617 9579
3611 9579 3608 9610
$$
OKC143-250030-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-060425T0030Z/
TULSA OK-
718 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR TULSA
COUNTY...
AT 716 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF SAND SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE THE TULSA
METROPOLITAN AREA FROM DOWNTOWN NORTH TO OWASSO.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3612 9614 3617 9614 3617 9601 3628 9600
3633 9582 3633 9582 3617 9583 3617 9579
3611 9579 3608 9610
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 24, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata, Rogers | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa | 82 min |
| Apr 24, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Delaware | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 70 min |
| Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Pawnee | 79 min |
| Apr 24, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 76 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.