Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Apr 26, 1991, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1991, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Osage County, 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.

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TTAA00 KTUL 270014
TORTUL
OKC113-270115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
714 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 712 PM ... RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARLAND
ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
WITH THE PRESENT MOVEMENT AND SPEED OF THIS TORNADO... IT WILL PASS
NEAR KAW CITY AND BURBAND WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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 AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.

In the hours 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.

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

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.