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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 25, 1987Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1987, 1:15 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1987, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1987, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1987-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 250615
SVRTUL
OKC113-250700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
115 AM CDT THU JUN 25 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
         ...OSAGE
 AT 1 10 AM THE TULSA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
 MILES WEST OF FORAKER OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES
 AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PASS NEAR BARTLESVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
 HOUR.
 
 
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 25, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa50 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.