Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1986, 11:01 AM CDT for Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1986, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1986, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Canadian County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Canadian, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KOKC 141601
TOROKC
OKC017-141630-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUSTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1101 AM CDT WED MAY 14 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
..CANADIAN
AT 1102 AM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF EL RENO
MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO, THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE, SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS, PILLOWS, OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
830 AM CDT WED 14 MAY 1986
...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AT 830AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPING FROM WEST
OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR CHILDRESS TO SOUTH OF AMARILLO.
A POTENTNTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED AND IS
BECOMING MORE CRITICAL AS TIME PASSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND MAKE SHELTER PLANS NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..DAMAGING WIND..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL
BECOME MORE MUNEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS
SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW. MONITER YOUR RADIO..TELEVISION..OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.Local storm report, May 14, 8:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KOKC 131716
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
855 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986
TIME COUNTY EVENT
318-325AM CANADIAN-KINFISHER DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT OKARCHE AND
JUST WEST OF OKARCHE(ON COUNTY LINE)
315AM KINGFISHER QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST NORTHWEST OF
OKARCHELocal storm report, May 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
KOKC 131716
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1008 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986
TIME COUNTY EVENT
0500 AM KINGFISHER QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CASHION
1005 AM BECKHAM DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AT AND JUST
SOUTH OF CARTERSpecial weather statement, May 14, 10:32 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1035 AM CDT WED MAY 14 1986 SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN THREATENS THE SOONER STATE TODAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALREADY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA HIS MORNING, AND CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MUCH OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE STATE YESTERDAY STALLED OVERNIGHT, AND HAS BEGUN TO MOVE BACK NORTHWARD THROUGH THE STATE THIS MORNING. VERY UNSTABLE AIR LIES SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE STATE BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO LIFT THE UNSTABLE AIR, RESULTING IN THUNDERSTORMS OVERSPREADING THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THE AIR IS VERY UNSTABLE AND A LIFTING MECHANISM IS PRESENT, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER MOST OF THE STATE. CURRENT CONDITIONS SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. ALL INTERESTS IN OKLAHOMA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS, REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES, AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. DETAILS OF THE DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK TO BE ISSUED AT 300 PM. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN ORDER TO KEEP YOU ADVISED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 102 min |
| May 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 84 min |
| May 14, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 40 min |
| May 14, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 45 min |
| May 14, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 40 min |
| May 14, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 42 min |
| May 14, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 59 min |
| May 14, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 66 min |
| May 14, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 56 min |
| May 14, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 61 min |
| May 14, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 63 min |
| May 14, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 57 min |
| May 14, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 20 min |
| May 14, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 46 min |
| May 14, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 47 min |
| May 14, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 46 min |
| May 14, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 39 min |
| May 14, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 40 min |
| May 14, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 51 min |
| May 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 59 min |
| May 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 26 min |
| May 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 26 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Jackson | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| May 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 57 min |
| May 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 45 min |
| May 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 42 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 53 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 53 min |
| May 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 57 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 35 min |
| May 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 53 min |
| May 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 38 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, Stephens | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.