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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 14, 1996Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1996, 3:26 AM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. 7 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 14, 1996, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1996, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
May 14, 3:27 AM CDT	Hail 1	Broken Arrow, OK
May 14, 3:30 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Broken Arrow, OK
May 14, 3:39 AM CDT	Hail 0.88	Kiefer, OK
May 14, 3:40 AM CDT	Hail 0.88	Kiefer, OK
May 14, 4:07 AM CDT	Hail 1	Glenpool, OK
May 14, 4:10 AM CDT	Hail 2	Glenpool, OK
May 14, 4:15 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Glenpool, 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.

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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 3:03 PM CDT, 12 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:03 PM CDT, 12 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	41 min
May 14, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	51 min
May 14, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	25 min
May 14, 3:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	44 min
May 14, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	43 min
May 14, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	53 min
May 14, 4:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee	44 min
May 14, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa, Wagoner	53 min
May 14, 5:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	52 min
May 14, 5:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	54 min
May 14, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	49 min
May 14, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.