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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 16, 19964 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1996, 9:28 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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 16, 1996, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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	Remark
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	Pawnee, OK
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	Pawnee, 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 Jun 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT, 29 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
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	45 min
Jun 16, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	40 min
Jun 16, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	52 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	52 min
Jun 16, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	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.