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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 9, 2006Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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.

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, 7:16 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Mcalester, 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, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1694 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 386 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
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

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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.

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, 4:29 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACraig, Ottawa61 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, 6:48 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.