Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 21, 1987, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

May 21, 1987, 6:44 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
558 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ...NORTHERN CREEK...OSAGE...EASTERN PAWNEE
          ...WESTERN TULSA
 
AT 555 PM CDT THE TULSA RADAR WAS SHOWING AN AREA OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAWHUSKA OKLAHOMA TO NEAR DRUMRIGHT
OKLAHOMA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 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.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER,
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOENS
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
426 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1987

 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 4 20 PM THE TULSA WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
THAT HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ALONG A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WAS LOCATED
MIDWAY BETWEEN JOPLIN MO AND CHANUTE KS SOUTHWEST TO NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY.
THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN
THIRD OF THE STATE

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND
COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS PLANNING OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES THIS EVENING SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY
...AND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUCH AN EVENT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.