Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Tulsa, OK

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
900 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AFFECTING THE AREA AND AFOS AND 88D
PROBLEMS NOT HELPING AT ALL.  NO UPPER AIR OR SFC MAPS WERE
AVAILABLE TO ANALYZE TONIGHT. NO PROFILERS EITHER. RADAR AND
SATELLITE TRENDS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SHOWS THAT MOST OF THE
STORMS WILL TRACK OVER THE NRN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING
BUT WILL DEVELOP S AFTER AROUND MIDNIGHT. STORMS THAT TRIED TO
DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH OVER NTX DISSIPATED EARLIER BUT NEW STORMS
NOW GOING UP ALONG A LINE FROM OKC TO SPS. 00Z MAPS AND MESONET
ANALYSES SHOW THE DRY LINE STILL OVER WRN OK...SO REDEVELOPMENT OUT
WEST A GOOD POSSIBILITY THRU THE NIGHT. MESONET DEWPOINTS 70-75 AND
MAPS LI REMAINS AROUND -6 OVER ALL OF ERN OK. WILL KEEP SVR GOING
IN ALL ZONES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NOT VERY HIGH WITH STORMS MOVING AT
40+ MPH BUT STORMS OF LATE HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING/MOVINGr OVER THE
SAME AREAS. WILL NOT ISSUE FFW AT THIS TIME AS FF GUIDANCE IS
FAIRLY HIGH AND STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING QUICKLY...BUT WILL
WATCH CLOSELY. /26

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
840 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0746 PM    4 NE TALALA               OK   TORNADO
05/26/96   ROGERS                         REPORTED BY NOWATA PD.

0802 PM    2 E NOWATA                OK   TORNADO
05/26/96   NOWATA                         REPORTED BY .NOWATA PD.

0818 PM    6NW CENTRAILIA            OK   TORNADO
05/26/96   CRAIG                          REPORTED BY CRAIG CD.

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
930 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0810 PM    3N CENTRAILIA             OK   POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/26/96   CRAIG                          BARN DESTROYED
                                          POSSIBLY 1 INJURY.

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
950 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    4 NE TALALA               OK   POSSIBLE TORNADO
05/26/96   ROGERS                         HOUSE DESTROYED.

OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-270800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1240 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1996

WASHINGTON...TULSA...CREEK...OKFUSKEE AND NOWATA COUNTIES
IN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 453.

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE REST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
GENERALY SOUTH AND EAST OF TULSA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
UNTIL 5AM.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE
A TORNADO.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF
T0HREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD
MOVE TO SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.