Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Aug 19, 1987, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 1987, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR

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

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.

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ARC087-143-200430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR
1034 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST ARKANSAS
          ...MADISON...WASHINGTON
 
AT 1035 A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORSMS WERE MOVING INTO WASHINGTON
AND MADISON COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
934 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987

  ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF KANSAS INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...

AT 9 30 PM THE TULSA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST NORTH AND EAST OF MIAMI OKLAHOMA AND
WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BOTH HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED ACROSS CHANUTE KANSAS WITHIN THE PAST
HOUR.

PERSONS IN MIAMI AND VINITA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
958 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987

 TIME/CDT COUNTY      EVENT  (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE  OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
 948  PM  OTTAWA      CD DIRECTOR REPORTED WINDS OF 65 MPH W9ITH
                      MANY WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF DOWNTOWN AREA.
                      TREES DOWN AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1007 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987

 TIME/CDT COUNTY      EVENT  (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE  OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
 959  PM  OTTAWA      SPOTTER IN PITCHER REPORTS WINDS TO 6G0 MPH.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.