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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 24, 2006Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2006, 7:28 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2006, 8:02 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 24, 7:44 PM CDTHAIL 1Owasso, OK
Apr 24, 7:47 PM CDTHAIL 2Owasso, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2006-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KTSA 250028
TORTSA
OKC143-250115-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0048.060425T0028Z-060425T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
728 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OWASSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...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 3626 9601 3614 9600 3617 9582 3636 9582

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KTSA 250102
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
801 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

OKC143-250111-
/O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-060425T0115Z/
TULSA OK-
801 PM CDT MON APR 24 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TULSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO THE WEST OF TULSA 
COUNTY...AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BEFORE 10 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3626 9601 3614 9600 3617 9582 3636 9582

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee59 min
Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers48 min
Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington65 min
Apr 24, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Pawnee61 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa62 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner61 min
Apr 24, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington28 min
Apr 24, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee38 min
Apr 24, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek43 min
Apr 24, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes59 min
Apr 24, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Sequoyah63 min
Apr 24, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair50 min
Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Apr 24, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee52 min
Apr 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah30 min
Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh47 min
Apr 25, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha57 min
Apr 25, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore56 min
Apr 25, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha63 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.