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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 10, 1986LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 12:51 AM CST for LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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
Mar 10, 1986, 12:51 AM CST (06:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1986, 1:45 AM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah 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
Mar 10, 12:55 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Sequoyah, OK
Mar 10, 1:17 AM CSTHail 0.75Le Flore, OK
Mar 10, 1:20 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Le Flore, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSM 100651
SVRFSM
OKC079-135-100745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1251 AM CST MON MAR 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUEMD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

OKLAHOMA...LEFLORE AND SEQUOYAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.