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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 4:29 AM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
- May 9, 2006, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Welch, OK | LARGE TREES DOWN |
| May 9, 5:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Miami, OK | TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN MIAMI AND COMMERCE |
| May 9, 5:30 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Picher, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 090929 TORTSA OKC035-115-091030- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0049.060509T0929Z-060509T1030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 429 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAIG COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 426 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WELCH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELCH... MIAMI...COMMERCE...PICHER AND QUAPAW. 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 3703 9531 3685 9532 3683 9462 3701 9464 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 090949 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 450 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 OKC035-115-091030- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ OTTAWA OK-CRAIG OK- 450 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR CRAIG AND OTTAWA COUNTIES... AT 447 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELCH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMMERCE... MIAMI...CARDIN...PICHER...QUAPAW...OTTAWA AND PEORIA. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3699 9518 3684 9516 3681 9463 3699 9464 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 091014 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 OKC035-091024- /O.CAN.KTSA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ CRAIG OK- 514 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAIG COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3698 9503 3683 9499 3681 9463 3698 9463 $$ OKC115-091030- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-060509T1030Z/ OTTAWA OK- 514 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 512 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIAMI...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...QUAPAW...OTTAWA AND PEORIA. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3698 9503 3683 9499 3681 9463 3698 9463 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 44 min |
| May 9, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 64 min |
| May 9, 3:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 60 min |
| May 9, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 67 min |
| May 9, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 52 min |
| May 9, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 58 min |
| May 9, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 22 min |
| May 9, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Rogers | 51 min |
| May 9, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 64 min |
| May 9, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 56 min |
| May 9, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 9, 11:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TSA | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more | 23 hr |
| May 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 58 min |
| May 9, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 77 min |
| May 9, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 59 min |
| May 9, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 54 min |
| May 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 59 min |
| May 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 57 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.