Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 4:05 AM CDT for Nowata County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 8, 1996, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1996, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nowata County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Nowata, 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
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 Jul 7, 8:01 PM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 8:01 PM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 800 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1996 FCST FOR TNGT LOOKS OKAY. WL BE WATCHING LRG AREA OF TRW OVR NW KS/SW NE/ERN CO TO SEE IF ORGANIZED COMPLEX MOVES SE TWRD NE OK. WUD LIKE TO SEE STGR LLJ FCST...OR STGR DYNAMICS TO DRIVE SUCH A COMPLEX TWRD FCST AREA. THINK CRNT 20 POPS FOR TNGT WL COVER SLGT PSBLTY OF WKNG AREA OF TRW RCHG NRN ZNS VRY LT TNGT. PRTLY CLDY LOOKS FINE FOR TNGT WITH SCTD MID CLDS OVR AREA AND BLOWOFF HI CLDS FROM NW KS TRW RCHG NE OK/NW AR AFTR MDNGT. WL REEVALUATE SITN TWRD MDNGT BASED ON LATEST SATLT/RADAR/PROFILER INFO TO SEE IF CHCS ARE INCRSG FOR MCS TO HOLD TOGETHER AND REACH FCST AREA. NEXT FNTL BNDRY SHUD APRCH FCST AREA FROM N TMRW AFTN...MOISTR POOLG ALNG BNDRY...CONVRGNCE ALNG BNDRY...AND SUFF AFTN HEATING SHUD LEAD TO SCTD STG/PSBLY SVR TRW DVLPG ALNG BNDRY...BEST CHC OF TRW SHUD BE FAR NRN ZNS TMRW AFTN...WL INCRS POPS FOR OK ZNS ALNG KS BRDR TO 30...ELSWHR 20 POPS OKAY. HI TEMPS TMRW DEPEND ON AMT OF CLD COVER...THINK CRNT FCST OKAY ATTM. GOING WITH HEAT ADVY THRU MON FOR WRN ZNS...EVEN THO SOME AREAS MAY GET BLO 80 DGR CRITERIA FOR LOWS TNGT. WITH TEMPS ABV 80 MOST OF NGT...AND OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HI DWPTS AGAIN TMRW...FEEL HEAT ADVY WARRANTED. ADVY SHUD NOT NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND MON AS MDLS SUGGEST WE WL GET A BREAK FROM HEAT/HUMIDITY. NO OTHR CHGS PLANNED ATTM. PW .TUL... OK...HEAT ADVY\ THRU MON FOR ZNS 54>56/59>61/64>67/70/71/73>75. AR...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Washington | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 52 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.