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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 19, 19964 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1996, 1:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 8 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 19, 1996, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1996, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Stigler, OK
Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDTHail 1Canadian, OK
Jun 19, 2:10 AM CDTThunderstorm WindMc Alester, OK
Jun 19, 2:10 AM CDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, OK
Jun 19, 2:12 AM CDTHail 0.88Vian, OK
Jun 19, 2:12 AM CDTHail 0.88Vian, OK
Jun 19, 2:23 AM CDTThunderstorm WindStigler, OK
Jun 19, 2:30 AM CDTThunderstorm WindPanola, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1313 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 18, 9:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996

LINE OF STORMS OVER NE OK HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AS IT MOVES SE INTO
WEAKER FLOW AT ALL LEVELS.  WILL STILL NEED TO UP POPS FOR NE ZONE TO
ACCOUNT FOR ACTIVITY MOVING INTO NW AR.  N OK CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE
BOWING TO THE SOUTH SIMILAR TO THE NW TX STORMS.  WITH LLJ DEVELOPING
WELL TO THE WEST DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MAKE
IT INTO E OK TONIGHT.  AM SLIGHTLY WORRIED ABOUT A STORM FORMING ALONG
THE INTERSECTION OF TWO OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES NEAR PNC AND MOVING SOUTHEAST
ALONG THAT BOUNDARY TO NEAR TUL...SO WILL UP POPS FOR MOST OF NE OK AS
WELL.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
931 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996

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

835 PM     HOLLOW  Z                  OK   WIND DAMAGE.
06/18/96   CRAIG                          TREE LIMBS DOWN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata46 min
Jun 18, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig42 min
Jun 18, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig51 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata55 min
Jun 18, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage65 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa, Washington49 min
Jun 18, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOsage34 min
Jun 18, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa35 min
Jun 19, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers28 min
Jun 19, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningTSATulsa32 min
Jun 19, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner50 min
Jun 19, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee36 min
Jun 19, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee45 min
Jun 19, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh45 min
Jun 19, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee47 min
Jun 19, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 min
Jun 19, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah52 min
Jun 18, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison63 min
Jun 19, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Washington46 min
Jun 19, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian46 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.