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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 22, 1987Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1987, 3:28 PM CDT for Osage County, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 22, 1987, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1987, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee 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 22, 4:08 PM CDTHail 0.75Pawnee, 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

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1987-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 901 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1987-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 222028
SVRTUL
OKC113-117-222130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
328 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ...SOUTHERN OSAGE...EASTERN PAWNEE
 
AT 325 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNEFORD,OKLAHOMA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 15 30 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.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa54 min
Jun 22, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Tulsa, Washington58 min
Jun 22, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage28 min
Jun 22, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes56 min

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.