Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 18, 1989, 12:10 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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
- May 18, 1989, 12:10 PM CDT (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1989, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Rogers, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTUL 181711
TORTUL
OKC131-181815-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1210 PM CDT THU MAY 18 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
...ROGERS
AT 1210 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAREMORE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH . CLAREMORE IS IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
STAY LAWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 42 min |
| May 18, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 54 min |
| May 18, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 41 min |
| May 18, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 43 min |
| May 18, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 69 min |
| May 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 52 min |
| May 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 54 min |
| May 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 59 min |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 56 min |
| May 18, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 63 min |
| May 18, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 65 min |
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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.