Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 1:25 AM CDT for Adair County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min. 4 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 30, 1996, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adair County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Watts, OK | |
| Jul 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Gore, OK | |
| Jul 30, 1:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Vian, OK | |
| Jul 30, 1:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Westville, 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 300625 SVRTUL OKC001-135-300730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 125 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...ADAIR COUNTY...SEQUOYAH COUNTY AT 124 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SCRAPER TO GORE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. VIAN...STILWELL...WATTS...AND SALLISAW ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING OR HOME. STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE IF ONE IS NEARBY. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS. 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 O~N ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD.
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 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS/EASTERN OKLAHOMA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 855 PM CDT MON JUL 29 1996 00Z UA ANALYS INDCTS S/W ROTATING SEWD OUT OF FA THIS EVE. TSTMS ACRS SRN PTNS OF FA SHUD BGN TO DCRS SHRTLY AS UPR SUPPORT MOVS EWD. HWVR CDFNT RMNS NW OF FA AND CANNOT DISMISS PSBL REDVLPMNT LT TNGT...SPCLY IF SLY LO LVL JET REESTBLSHS TO THE WEST OVRNGT. SATL PICS INDCT ANOTHR S/W MOVG SWD OUT OF UPR MS VLY. IF MCS DVLPS FM TH"IS S/W... IT WUD AFFECT MNLY NWRN AR LT TNGT. WL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHGS ON THIS UPDATE. /11 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1121 PM CDT MON JUL 29 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1107 PM 5 S TULSA
OK 70 MPH WIND GUST
07/29/96 TULSA
1115 PM CATOOSA OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/29/96 ROGERSLocal storm report, Jul 29, 11:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1137 PM CDT MON JUL 29 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1035 PM 3 W PENSACOLA * OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/96 MAYESLocal storm report, Jul 30, 12:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1215 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM 4 S OWASSO OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/29/96 TULSA
1146 PM 4 W PRYOR OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
7/29/96 MAYES
1155 PM 6 SW PRYOR OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
7/29/96 MAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers, Tulsa | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.