Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 17, 1993, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1993, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 180147
SVRTUL
OKC113-180245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 844 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES
WEST OF GRAINOLA TO NEAR PONCA CITY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TOWNS OF BURBANK AND FAIRFAX ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 8:27 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
825 PM CDT MON MAY 17 1993

TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SEVERE STORMS
IMMINENT. TORNADO WATCH JUST ISSUED AND LOOKS GOOD. LOCAL HELICITY
PROGRAM SHOWS STORMS MOVING INTO HIGHER STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES
OVER EXTREME SE KS AND ERN AND CENTRAL OK. WOULD EXPECT INCREASING
TORNADIC POTENTIAL WITH STORMS WHICH DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE MAIN SQUALL
LINE. STORM SOUTHWEST OF CNU NOW APPROACHING THE OK BORDER ESPECIALLY
NEEDS TO BE WATCHED SINCE IT HAS RECENTLY MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN AND IS
HEADING INTO INCREASING INSTABILITY AND HELICITY.

WILL KEEP THE FFA GOING WITH ICT RADAR STILL SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN FROM NORTHEAST TO WEST CENTRAL KS. COLD FRONT MAY ARRIVE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE HELPED ALONG BY TSTM OUTFLOW. ATTM ANTICIPATE ONLY CHANGES TO
FCST WILL BE TO COVER CURRENT AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS IN THE FIRST
PERIOD.

.OK...FLASH FLOXOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES 26>32.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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