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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 19, 1996Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1996, 2:38 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 min. 9 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, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1996, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sequoyah County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 2:56 AM CDTHail 0.75Muldrow, OK
Jun 19, 3:01 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Ft Smith, AR
Jun 19, 3:04 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 58Ft Smith, AR
Jun 19, 3:05 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBarling, AR
Jun 19, 3:10 AM CDTThunderstorm WindGreenwood, AR
Jun 19, 3:15 AM CDTThunderstorm WindVan Buren, AR
Jun 19, 3:20 AM CDTThunderstorm WindLavaca, AR
Jun 19, 3:20 AM CDTThunderstorm WindAlma, AR
Jun 19, 3:25 AM CDTThunderstorm WindBloomer, AR

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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 190740
SVRTUL
ARC033-131-OKC135-190830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
238 AM CDT WED JUN 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN SEBASTIAN COUNTY
 
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY
 
AT 237 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR BUNCH TO NEAR MULDROW. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
FORT SMITH...VAN BUREN...AND ROLAND ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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
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, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, Sequoyah51 min
Jun 19, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee47 min
Jun 19, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore46 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.