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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 10, 2006Latimer County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2006, 11:00 PM CST for Latimer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2006, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2006, 11:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Latimer County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 10, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC18 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 2006-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000
WFUS54 KTSA 110500
TORTSA
OKC077-110545-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0005.060311T0500Z-060311T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1100 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LATIMER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1057 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAMON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DAMON...
  WILBURTON...BENGAL AND RED OAK.

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 3483 9552 3481 9507 3506 9492 3505 9532

$$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 110528
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1128 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006

OKC077-110545-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060311T0545Z/
LATIMER OK-
1128 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR NORTHERN LATIMER
COUNTY...

AT 1126 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES SOUTH OF RED OAK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE

LAT...LON 3488 9520 3481 9507 3506 9492 3505 9522

$$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 110545
SVSTSA

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1144 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006

OKC077-110554-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060311T0545Z/
LATIMER OK-
1144 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LATIMER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145 
PM CST...

THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE 
WITH THE BACK EDGE OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

LAT...LON 3488 9520 3481 9507 3506 9492 3505 9522

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee30 min
Mar 10, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner32 min
Mar 10, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers30 min
Mar 10, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg66 min
Mar 10, 10:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAPushmataha53 min
Mar 10, 10:35 PM CSTTornado WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg55 min
Mar 10, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell55 min
Mar 10, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha46 min
Mar 10, 11:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore73 min
Mar 10, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha58 min
Mar 10, 11:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPushmataha30 min
Mar 11, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 min
Mar 11, 1:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore42 min
Mar 11, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okmulgee51 min
Mar 11, 12:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee14 min
Mar 11, 1:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee58 min
Mar 11, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee44 min
Mar 11, 2:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair41 min
Mar 11, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes30 min
Mar 11, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware55 min
Mar 11, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes45 min
Mar 11, 4:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes44 min
Mar 11, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware39 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.