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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 8:12 PM CDT for Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 100112
TORTSA
OKC135-100145-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0057.060510T0112Z-060510T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
812 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 3
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULDROW...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...MOFFETT.
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 3537 9449 3535 9451 3531 9450 3532 9455
3534 9459 3532 9463 3531 9463 3535 9467
3555 9450 3541 9444 3539 9444
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 100131
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
OKC135-100145-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
830 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
SEQUOYAH COUNTY...
AT 826 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COTTONWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM AT
ANY TIME.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
LAT...LON 3537 9449 3535 9451 3531 9450 3532 9455
3534 9459 3532 9463 3531 9463 3535 9467
3555 9450 3541 9444 3539 9444
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 100141
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
OKC135-100151-
/O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-060510T0145Z/
SEQUOYAH OK-
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM
CDT...
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 THIS STORM NEAR MULDROW...AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORM NEAR
GORE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
LAT...LON 3537 9449 3535 9451 3531 9450 3532 9455
3534 9459 3532 9463 3531 9463 3535 9467
3555 9450 3541 9444 3539 9444
$$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, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 61 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, 8:28 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.