Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 6:46 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pittsburg County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | Mcalester, 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, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1694 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 092346 TORTSA OKC121-100045- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0052.060509T2346Z-060510T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 646 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PITTSBURG COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MCALESTER... KREBS...ALDERSON...CROWDER AND BLOCKER. 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 3509 9596 3485 9594 3490 9550 3514 9552 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 100005 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 706 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 OKC121-100045- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060510T0045Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 706 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY... AT 701 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCALESTER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...KREBS... ALDERSON...BACHE...DOW...HAILEYVILLE...HARTSHORNE AND BLOCKER. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3506 9611 3458 9608 3474 9552 3514 9552 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 100017 RRA SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 717 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 OKC121-100045- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-060510T0045Z/ PITTSBURG OK- 717 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY... AT 715 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BACHE...DOW... HAILEYVILLE AND HARTSHORNE. 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 IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE COUNTY. IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE TAKE COVER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3506 9611 3470 9597 3474 9552 3514 9552 $$
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, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 61 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, 6:48 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.