Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 1986, 6:50 PM CDT for Mayes County, Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mayes County, OK, Wagoner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 6:58 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wagoner, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1043 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KTUL 262350
TORTUL
OKC097-145-270045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
650 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
..SOUTHERN MAYES..WAGONER
AT 648 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF COWETA
OKLAHOMA.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE, GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. STA6Y AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET
INTO A GROUND DEPRESSION.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 58 min |
| Sep 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 57 min |
| Sep 26, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner | 54 min |
| Sep 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Wagoner | 59 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes 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.