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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 22, 1996Creek County, Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1996, 10:11 PM CDT for Creek County, Osage County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 22, 1996, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 1996, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 22, 10:12 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 56	Kellyville, OK
Jul 22, 10:14 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Glenpool, OK
Jul 22, 10:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Sand Spgs, 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 230312
SVRTUL
OKC037-113-143-230400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN CREEK COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY
   ...TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 1010 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF SKIATOOK TO SAPULPA TO SLICK...IN CREEK COUNTY. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE
OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER
DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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 22, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 9:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
905 PM CDT MON JUL 22 1996

STAYING BUSY WITH SVR WX.  SFC ANALYSIS/MESONET SHOWS WELL DEFINED
OUTFLOW BNDRY FM SE KS TO SWO TO NR OKC.  PSBL TRIPLE PT LOW ALG
OUTFLOW BNDRY OVR PAWNEE CTY WITH ANOTHER NW/SE BNDRY FM LOW TO TUL
TO NR FSM.  ISOLD TO SCT STG/SVR TSTRMS DVLPG ALG NW/SE BNDRY WHERE
ATMS REMAINS UNSTABLE WITH LIS -4 TO -8 AND CAPES ARND 2000-3000
J/KG.  00Z UA ANALYSIS SUGGESTS A GENERAL SE/SSE MVMT.

WL LWR POPS OVR EXTREME NE OK/NW AR...BEHIND LLVL BNDRY AND TWEAK
REMAINING POPS TO FIT 88D.  NO CHGS TO LTR PDS.

HODGES

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	51 min
Jul 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	56 min
Jul 22, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Osage, Pawnee	66 min
Jul 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers, Wagoner	41 min
Jul 22, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	54 min
Jul 22, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Tulsa	26 min
Jul 22, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	50 min
Jul 22, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	67 min
Jul 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	63 min
Jul 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh	63 min
Jul 22, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	43 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.