Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 23, 1996Rogers County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 1996, 8:37 PM CDT for Rogers County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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: Sep 23, 1996, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Sep 23, 8:48 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Ramona, OK
Sep 23, 8:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Talala, OK
Sep 23, 8:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Talala, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 240138
SVRTUL
OKC131-147-240230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
837 PM CDT MON SEP 23 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 837 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED
JUST NORTHWEST OF RAMONA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.  RAMONA AND OOLOGAH ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATI*ON 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 Sep 23, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 PM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

AT 20Z...COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM ENID TO LAWTON. PROGRESS HAS
BEEN SLOW BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN OVER UPPER PLAINS...
THE FRONT WILL GET A PUSH ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND WILL BE ALONG/NEAR THE RED
RIVER BY SUNRISE TUESDAY.  SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
COUNTIES TILL 9PM AND TSTMS NOW DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE FA IN
KS.  EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AND
END AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SO WENT 40-60 POPS AREAWIDE
AND WORDED TO REFLECT TIMING OF PRECIP.

IN THE LONGER TERM...ALL MODELS REMAIN IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH 36
HOURS WITH UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW.  THEN THE NGM/AVN DEVELOP A LOW
IN W KS WHILE THE ETA IS WEAKER WITH THIS FEATURE.  IN ANY CASE...
WITH THE FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA EXPECT IT TO BEGIN MOVING
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT WITH AN OVERRUNNING SITUATION DEVELOPING LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY SO WILL REINTRODUCE POPS FOR WED.
BELIEVE THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING
CLEARING SKIES OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS BUT WILL ALSO RECEIVE MORE OF
THE COLD AIR...SO WORDED TEMPS AND CLOUD COVER APPROPRIATELY.

                                 '33'

-----PRELIM NUMBERS-----
TUL 061/074 061/074 6113
FSM 065/077 064/078 4214
MLC 064/077 065/076 5214
BVO 058/072 0260/073 6113
FYV 058/075 056/074 5113
IDB 065/077 066/077 5315
BYV 057/074 055/075 6113

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 23, 6:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

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

0609 PM    FAIRFAX                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   OSAGE

Local storm report, Sep 23, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
642 PM CDT MON SEP 23 1996

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

0620 PM .   15 NW FAIRFAX             OK   1 INCH HAIL
09/23/96   OSAGE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 23, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Washington	54 min
Sep 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	49 min
Sep 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	63 min
Sep 23, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	55 min
Sep 23, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, Pittsburg	58 min
Sep 23, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.