Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1986, 3:51 AM CDT for Franklin County, Johnson County, Logan County, Arkansas. It was in force for 69 min. 2 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
- May 17, 1986, 3:51 AM CDT (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1986, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR
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 17, 4:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Logan, AR | |
| May 17, 4:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Johnson, AR |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 170851 RRA SVRFSM ARC071-083-127-171000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 351 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF ARK........JOHNSON...LOGAN AND SCOTT AT 345 AM A LINE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF OZARK ARK TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALRON ARKANSAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL AND STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. REPORT ANY LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 17, 2:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
208 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986
TIME EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE. OHP=OKLA. HIGHWAY PATROL)
1203 AM CDT 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS AT MARAMAC OKLAHOMA. REPORT
FROM THE C.D. PAWNEE COUNTY.
1214 AM CDT BRISTOW C.D. REPORTS ROTATION JUST SOUTHWEST OF
OF THE CITY. NO FUNNEL SIGHTED. CREEK COUNTY.
1223 AM CDT 50 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 99 AND CIMMARRON
TURNPIKE IN PAWNEE COUNTY. REPORTED HAM BY SPOTTER.
1225 AM CDT 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 99 AND CIMMARRON
TURNPIKE IN PAWNEE COUNTY. REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTER.
1225 AM CDT 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY C.D. AT JENNINGS OKLAHOMA.
PAWNEE COUNTY.
1237 AM CDT 60 MPH WINDS AT OILTON OKLAHOMA. REPORT FROM C.D
CREEK COUNTY.
1238 AM CDT CLEVELAND OKLAHOMA REPORTS A TOTAL POWER OUTAGE IN
THE TOWN. REPORT FROM C.D. AT BARTLESVILLE.
PAWNEE COUNTY.
1238 AM CDT HALLETTE OKLAHOMA HAS TREES AND LINES DOWN. REPORT
CAME THROUGH C.D. PAWNEE COUNTY.Local storm report, May 17, 2:54 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
230 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986
TIME EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE. OHP=OKLA. HIGHWAY PATROL)
1245 AM CDT HIGH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH OCCURRED AT MANNFORD
OKLAHOMA. REPORTED BY POLICE. CREEK COUNTY.
1252 AM CDT PRUE OKLAHOMA REPORTS 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUST AND
HEAVY RAIN. REPORT BY HAM SPOTTERS. OSAGE COUNTY.
1254 AM CDT BARNSDALL OKLAHOMA HAS POWER FAILURE DUE HIGH
WINDS. REPORT FROM C.D. IN BARTLESVILLE. OSAGE CO
1257 AM CDT SPOTTERS IN WEST TULSA ON HIGHWAY 64 REPORTS HIGH
WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. TULSA COUNTY.
1259 AM CDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
MANY PARTS OF PAWNEE COUNTY. REPORTS THROUGH C.D.
103 AM CDT DOWNTOWN TULSA TO 5 WEST OF CITY REPORTING VERY
STRONG WINDS. REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTERS.
105 AM CDT WINDS ESTIMATED TO 70 MPH AND POWER OUT IN SAND
SPRINGS OKLAHOMA IN WESTERN TULSA COUNTY. REPORT
BY POLICE AND SPOTTERS.
108 AM CDT KIEFER OKLAHOMA REPORTING VERY HIGH WINDS.
REPORT THROUGH C.D. AND SPOTTERS. CREEK CO.
111 AM CDT HIGH WINDS OF 80 MPH HIT BARNSDALL OKLAHOMA.
MANY TREE LIMBS BLOWN OFF...UP TO 3 INCHES
IN DIAMETER. REPORT BY HAM SPOTTERS. OSAGE CO.
119 AM CDT HIGH WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ESTIMATED BY S POTTERS
IN EASTERN PART OF TULSA. TULSA COUNTY.
129 AM CDT STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN SOUTH TULSA.
150 AM CDT LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN IN NORTHWEST TULSA.
REPORTED BY HAM SPOTTERS. TULSA COUNTY.Local storm report, May 17, 3:11 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986
TIME EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE. OHP=OKLA. HIGHWAY PATROL)
205 AM CDT POLICE AND OHP REPORT SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES OVERTURED
BY HIGH WINDS SEVERAL MILES EAST OF OKMULGEE OKLA-
HOMA. FIRST REPORTS INDICATE ONE PERSON WAS INJURED.
OKMULGEE COUNTY. MORE DETAIL AND EXACT LOCATION WILL
FOLLOW SHORTLY. TIME OF 205 AM IS WHEN FIRST REPORTS
RECEIVED BY POLICE.Local storm report, May 17, 3:46 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
335 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 1986
TIME EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE. OHP=OKLA. HIGHWAY PATROL)
115 AM CDT POLICE IN CATOOSA REPORT TREE LIMBS BLOWN OFF
DURING HIGH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED. ROGERS CO.
115 AM CDT TREES DOWN NEAR KEETONVILLE OKLAHOMA...JUST WEST
OF CLAREMORE OKLAHOMA. REPORT FROM POLICE.
ROGER COUNTY.
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FOLLOW-UP ON THE STORM IN OKMULGEE COUNTY ABOUT 2 AM...POLICE AT
MORRIS OKLAHOMA...WHICH WAS HIT BY STRONG TORNADO IN APRIL OF 1984...
WAS POSSIBLY STRUCK BY ANOTHER TORNADO EARLY THIS MORNING. O+NE
MOBILE HOME PARK RECEIVED ALOT OF DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS
IN THE AREA HAD DAMAGE. STILL ONLY ONE INJURED REPORTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 57 min |
| May 17, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford, Sebastian | 63 min |
| May 17, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 69 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.