Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1991, 6:55 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 26, 1991, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Pawnee, 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
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OKZ026-030-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 542 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE...AND CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM... AT 530 PM...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER CONSIDERING ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT...IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO KANSAS. HOWEVER...OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE BAND LATER THIS EVENING...AND MAY AFFECT THE COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA (OSAGE...PAWNEE...AND CREEK). PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT AND TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
OKZ026-030-270030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 635 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE...PAWNEE...AND CREEK COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM.. AT 630 PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS CONTINUE BETWEEN ENID AND PONCA CITY. HOWEVER...A NEW AREA OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED TO THE EAST OVER OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT AS STRONG AS THE ONES TO THE WEST...THEY COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY. PEOPLE IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND FURTHER STATEMENTS.R
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 58 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.