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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 26, 1986Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
Sep 26, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 1986, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Creek 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 26, 4:28 PM CDTHail 0.75Creek, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2478 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1986-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAAOO KTUL 262100
SVRTUL
OKC037-262200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ..CREEK

AT 4 PM TULSA RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BRISTOW OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH,
LARGE HAIL, DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee58 min
Sep 26, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa57 min
Sep 26, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner54 min
Sep 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner59 min
Sep 26, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes, Wagoner55 min

Nearby

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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.