Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2006, 7:54 PM CDT for Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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
- Sep 21, 2006, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pushmataha County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Antlers, OK | REPORTS OF A BARN GONE AND DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. ALSO REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS BETWEEN ANTLERS AND THE ATOKA PUSHMATAHA COUNTY LINE. |
| Sep 21, 8:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Wnw Antlers, OK | STORM SURVEY FOUND A .4 MILE LONG...50 YARD WIDE TORNADO TRACK. SEVERAL HOMES RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND TREES WERE SNAPPED. FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE RATING F0. |
| Sep 21, 8:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 S Moyers, OK | |
| Sep 21, 8:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Nw Antlers, OK | STORM SURVEY FOUND A ONE MILE LONG...100 YARD WIDE TORNADO TRACK. A SHED WAS DESTROYED AND TREES WERE SNAPPED. FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE RATING F0. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KTSA 220053
TORTSA
OKC127-220200-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0060.060922T0054Z-060922T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
754 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 30
MILES WEST OF MOYERS...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...KELLOND...
ANTLERS...MOYERS...KOSOMA...DUNBAR...RATTAN...STANLEY...OLETA...
SNOW...CLOUDY...CLAYTON...ALBION...KIAMICHI...TUSKAHOMA AND
NASHOBA.
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 3451 9576 3419 9581 3417 9516 3471 9500
3468 9549
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KTSA 220110
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
810 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
OKC127-220200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-060922T0200Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
810 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 809 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF DARWIN...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR COULD FORM
AT ANY TIME.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...DARWIN...
MOYERS...KELLOND...ANTLERS...KOSOMA...EUBANKS...DELA...DUNBAR...
FINLEY...RATTAN...SNOW...OLETA...CORINNE...CLOUDY AND NASHOBA.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE
LAT...LON 3451 9576 3419 9581 3417 9516 3460 9512
3453 9550
$$000
WWUS54 KTSA 220129
SVSTSA
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
829 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
OKC127-220200-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-060922T0200Z/
PUSHMATAHA OK-
829 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARWIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...MOYERS...
KELLOND...ANTLERS...KOSOMA...EUBANKS...DUNBAR...DELA...FINLEY...
RATTAN...SNOW...OLETA...CORINNE...CLOUDY AND NASHOBA.
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
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER 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 3444 9575 3417 9580 3417 9516 3449 9514
3448 9550
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 20 min |
| Sep 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 19 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.