Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 67, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 8:47 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 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
- Sep 22, 2006, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Choctaw County, OK
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Boswell, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KTSA 230147 TORTSA OKC023-230245- /O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0067.060923T0147Z-060923T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 847 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION 4 MILES SOUTH OF BOSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...SOPER... KENT...GOODLAND...HUGO...MESSER...SAWYER AND FORT TOWSON. 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 3404 9595 3387 9590 3396 9515 3422 9522 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KTSA 230211 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 911 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 OKC023-230245- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060923T0245Z/ CHOCTAW OK- 911 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 909 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUGO...SPEER... MESSER...FALLON...SAWYER...APPLE...FORT TOWSON AND SWINK. NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS - TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE LAT...LON 3408 9577 3396 9573 3396 9515 3419 9521 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 230229 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 929 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 OKC023-230245- /O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060923T0245Z/ CHOCTAW OK- 929 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 926 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MESSER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAWYER...FORT TOWSON AND SWINK. 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 3412 9555 3401 9557 3396 9515 3419 9521 $$
000 WWUS54 KTSA 230244 SVSTSA SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 944 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 OKC023-230254- /O.EXP.KTSA.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-060923T0245Z/ CHOCTAW OK- 944 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST CHOCTAW COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM. LAT...LON 3412 9555 3401 9557 3396 9515 3419 9521 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg, Pushmataha | 56 min |
| Sep 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 65 min |
| Sep 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 63 min |
| Sep 22, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 59 min |
| Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 82 min |
| Sep 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 34 min |
| Sep 22, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee | 53 min |
| Sep 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pushmataha | 90 min |
| Sep 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 53 min |
| Sep 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 64 min |
| Sep 22, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 38 min |
| Sep 22, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 27 min |
| Sep 22, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 57 min |
| Sep 22, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 65 min |
| Sep 22, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 45 min |
| Sep 22, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Sep 22, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 52 min |
| Sep 23, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Sequoyah | 50 min |
| Sep 23, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee, Wagoner | 60 min |
| Sep 23, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Sequoyah | 23 min |
| Sep 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 50 min |
| Sep 23, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 39 min |
| Sep 23, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer, Pittsburg | 47 min |
| Sep 23, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 30 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.