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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 7:14 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Muldrow, OK | |
| May 9, 8:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Muldrow, 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, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 100014 TORTSA OKC135-100115- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0053.060510T0014Z-060510T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 714 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARBLE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...BRUSHY AND MULDROW. 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 3565 9489 3553 9494 3534 9455 3563 9448 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 100029 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 729 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 OKC135-100115- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060510T0115Z/ SEQUOYAH OK- 729 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SEQUOYAH COUNTY... AT 727 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSHY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT ANY TIME. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MULDROW AND COTTONWOOD. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS LAT...LON 3565 9489 3553 9494 3534 9455 3563 9448 $$
000
WWUS54 KTSA 100050
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
749 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
OKC135-100115-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060510T0115Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
749 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SEQUOYAH
COUNTY...
AT 748 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MULDROW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO COULD FORM AT ANY TIME.
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHORT...
MULDROW...ROLAND AND COTTONWOOD.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO...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 3563 9478 3542 9478 3532 9451 3541 9444
3563 9448
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 80 min |
| May 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 65 min |
| May 9, 7:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 117 min |
| May 9, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 49 min |
| May 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 31 min |
| May 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 84 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 63 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 31 min |
| May 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 33 min |
| May 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 92 min |
| May 9, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 19 min |
| May 9, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Sequoyah | 62 min |
| May 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 95 min |
| May 9, 9:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Choctaw, LeFlore, Pushmataha | 115 min |
| May 9, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 67 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 76 min |
| May 9, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 88 min |
| May 9, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 60 min |
| May 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 64 min |
| May 10, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 71 min |
| May 10, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 55 min |
| May 10, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 56 min |
| May 10, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 27 min |
| May 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 58 min |
| May 10, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 48 min |
| May 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 32 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.