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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 2, 1989Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1989, 4:41 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1989, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Tulsa 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 2, 4:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Tulsa, OK
Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDTTornado F0Tulsa, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1989-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1989-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 022143
TORTUL
OKC143-022230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
441 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ...TULSA
 
AT 4 40 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SAND SPRINGS
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING STORMS.  LARGE HAILSTONES AND UNUSUALLY
LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE MANY TIMES SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING TORNADOES.
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND THAT CAN) BE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage41 min
Jun 2, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek52 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Osage, Tulsa57 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.