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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 2006Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 4:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Nw Welch, OKLARGE TREES DOWN
May 9, 5:00 AM CDTTORNADO5 Nw Miami, OKTORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN MIAMI AND COMMERCE
May 9, 5:30 AM CDTHAIL 1.25Picher, 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
May 9, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2006-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington44 min
May 9, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata64 min
May 9, 3:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSACraig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa, Rogers and 1 more4 hr
May 9, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig60 min
May 9, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage67 min
May 9, 4:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata52 min
May 9, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig58 min
May 9, 5:26 AM CDTTornado WarningTSAOttawa22 min
May 9, 5:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers51 min
May 9, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes64 min
May 9, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa56 min
May 9, 6:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee53 min
May 9, 11:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchTSAAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 16 more23 hr
May 9, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee58 min
May 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg77 min
May 9, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh59 min
May 9, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah54 min
May 9, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee53 min
May 9, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASequoyah42 min
May 9, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAPittsburg59 min
May 9, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh57 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.