Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1996, 7:19 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
- Jun 6, 1996, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:34 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Scipio, OK | |
| Jun 6, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mc Alester, OK | |
| Jun 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Canadian, 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 nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996 OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS BEEN FOCUS FOR TRW DVLPMT THIS AFTN OVR NW AR. OTR TRW HAV CONTD ALONG SLOW-MOVING LINE OVR XTRM SRN KS THIS AFTN. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS A PSBLTY GIVEN LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES AOB 2 INCHES/HOUR AND THE DVLPMT OF SLOW MOVING LINES OF CONVECTION. WL ISSUE FFA FOR ALL ZNS EXCEPT FROM TUL TO THE WEST...WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE CLOSER TO 3 INCHES/HOUR. WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTS TO SHOW IMPRESSIVE S/W DIVING SOUTH OVR HI CNTRL PLAINS. UPR LVL POOL OF COLD AIR WL MOV OVR WARM LO-LVL THETA-E POOLING ALONG FRONT TO CAUSE FURTHER DESTABILIZATION OF ATMOS THIS EVNG. WEAK CAP OVR SE OK SHUD BREAK. WND PROFILE OVR SE OK/W CNTRL AR CUD SUPPORT ISOLD SUPERCELLS...ALTHO THEY SHUD NOT BE LONG-LIVED. WND PROFILE MAY NOT BE AS SUPPORTIVE FOR SUPERCELLS IN NE OK. UPR LOW SHUD HANG UP OVR MID-MS VLY BY FRI NGT. COLD POOL ALOFT... CYCLONIC FLOW...AND WRAPAROUND OF LO-LVL MSTR SHUD SUPPORT STRATOCU DVLPMT WITH PSBL RW...PARTICULARLY DURG DAYTIME HEATING. DRY SLOT MAY WORK INTO SRN ZNS...SO WL LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE ON NECESSITY OF POPS THERE FOR FRI NT/SAT. 22 PRELIM NUMBERS...SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES TUL 061/079 058/075 7212 FSM 063/079 058/074 8521 MLC 063/078 057/075 7521 BVO 058/078 056/075 8211 FYV 060/074 054/069 7422 IDB 067/079 060/078 6721 BYV 061/074 055/071 7423 .TUL... OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 56>58/61>63/67>76. AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
215 PM CDT THU JUN 06 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 AM BRISTOW OK WIND DAMAGE
06/06/96 CREEK LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
1250 AM 4 E NEW PRUE OK WIND DAMAGE
06/06/96 OSAGE SMALL TREES AND LIMBS
KNOCKED DOWN
1250 AM 4 E NEW PRUE OK TSTM GUST
06/06/96 OSAGE 60 MPH WIND GUST AT
ZINK RANCH
1250 AM 4 E NEW PRUE OK WIND DAMAGE
06/06/96 OSAGE SMALL TREES AND LIMBS
KNOCKED DOWN
1250 AM 4 E NEW PRUE OK TSTM GUST
06/06/96 OSAGE 60 MPH WIND GUST AT
ZINK RANCH
0120 AM 8 SE FORAKER OK TSTM GUST
06/06/96 OSAGE 65 MPH WIND GUST RECORDED
ON MESONET. OTHER GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH RECORDED
BETWEEN 110 AM AND 130 AMLocal storm report, Jun 6, 3:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
305 PM CDT THU JUN 06 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0301 PM 8 S GREEN FOREST V AR 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/06/96 CARROLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.