Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1991, 7:18 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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
- May 16, 1991, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1991, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tulsa County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Tulsa, OK | |
| May 16, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Tulsa, OK | |
| May 16, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Tulsa, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 16, 1:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
125 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
525 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL FELL 3 MILES EAST OF
BURBANK.
610 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL AT OKESA.
630 AM WASHINGTON 3/4 INCH HAIL ONE MILE WEST OF DEWEY.Special weather statement, May 16, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OKZ029-030-031-162315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 514 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 AT 510 PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN OKMULGEE COUNTY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM TO INTENSIFY. PERSONS IN NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 57 min |
| May 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Creek | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 33 min |
| May 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Wagoner | 62 min |
| May 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 50 min |
| May 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 53 min |
| May 16, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 49 min |
| May 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Mayes | 44 min |
| May 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 66 min |
| May 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 51 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.