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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 10, 1986Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1986, 7:30 PM CDT for Craig County, Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 10, 1986, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Nowata 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
Jun 10, 7:40 PM CDTHail 0.88Craig, OK
Jun 10, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Nowata, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 1986-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1288 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1986-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 110030
SVRTUL
OKC035-105-110130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...CRAIG AND NOWATA

AT 725  PM  A SEVERE THUNDESTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF NOWATA
OKLAHOMA.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WARNING AREA GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND.p..LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR
OTHER GROUND DEPRESSION.

KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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, Jun 10, 7:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
 710  PM CDT TUE JUN 10 1986

 TIME           EVENT  (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE.  OHP=OKLA. HIGHWAY PATROL)
 630   PM CDT   SCATTERED TREES DOWN IN NORTHWEST PART OF CITY.
                REPORT FROM CIVIL DEFENSE.       TULSA COUNTY.
 638   PM CDT   WIND GUST TO 60 MPH HIT TULSA INTERNATIONAL
                AIRPORT AND N.W.S OFFICE.         TULSA COUNTY.
 644   PM CDT   SCATTERED ROOF DAMAGE IN NORTH TYULSA.
                REPORT FROM SPOTTERS AND C.D.   TULSA COUNTY.
 647   PM CDT   LARGE TREE REPORTED ACROSS A MAJOR STREET IN
                SOUTH TULSA...LEWIS AVE.       FROM C.D.

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.