Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 1996, 8:37 PM CST for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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
- Jan 17, 1996, 8:37 PM CST (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 1996, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 9:12 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea, 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 448 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTUL 180237 RRA SVRTUL OKC131-180330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 837 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...ROGERS COUNTY AT 837 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLINSVILLE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OOLOGAH IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 Jan 17, 3:20 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 3:20 PM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 WILL CONT WIND ADVSY THRU TONIGHT AND THURS FOR ALL OF FA. WINDS SHUD LESSEN SOME THIS EVE BUT WITH TIGHT GRAD WINDS SHUD REMAIN IN 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE. WINDS WILL STAY STRONG BEHIND FNT OVR MOST OF FA ON THURS. MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH SFC AND UPPER FEATURES...BUT ETA IS A LTL FURTHER SOUTH WITH VORT MAX IN BASE OF H5 TROF AT 36 HRS. SFC LOW PROGGED TO BE NEAR GAG AT 00Z WITH ARCTIC FNT DROPPING THRU NW KS. FNT WENT THRU GLD ARND 1PM AND NW WNDS WERE GUSTING OVER 45 KNTS ON LATEST OBS. MODELS MOVE GAG SFC LOW AND H5 TROF ALMOST DUE E BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z TONIGHT WITH SFC LOW NEAR TUL AT 6Z. BEST H3 DVRG AND H7 UVV ARE ALSO OVR E OK AT 6Z. MID LVL BASED RW HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN NE OK SINCE 2PM BUT BIG STORMS SHUD WAIT UNTIL SFC FEATURES AND UPPER DYNAMICS MOVE INTO E OK THIS EVE. LATEST VIS SAT PICS SHOW LN OF TC EXTENDING FROM C KS INTO WRN OK THAT CUD BE THE START OF BUSY EVE/OVRNIGHT FOR LATER SHFTS. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SVR IN ALL ZNS TONIGHT AND GO WITH 90-100% POPS. MODELS MOVE STRONG UVV FIELDS AND RW/TRW E OF FA EARLY THURS MORN WITH ARCTIC BNDRY PROGGED THRU ALL BUT FAR E/SE PARTS OF FA BY THEN. VRY DRY AIR IN LLVLS SHUD KEEP CHC FOR MEASURABLE SNOW SMALL OVR MOST OF E OK...BUT DRY AIR MAY BE A LTL SLOWER MOVING INTO NW ARK AND ADJACENT OK ZNS. ETA/NGM BOTH SHOW FROM .1 TO .2 INCHES OF LIQUID PCP FALLING IN THIS AREA WITH FWC AT HRO SHOWING 2-4 INCH 12 HR SNOW AMT ENDING THURS EVE. ETA/NGM ALSO BOTH INDICATE SOME QVEC CONV AT H7 AND H85 IN THIS SAME AREA. WILL CONT 40-50% POPS FOR SNOW IN E ZNS AND TAPER TO 20% IN WESTERN AREAS. CONSIDERED WINT WX ADVSY FOR SNOW/WIND CHILL THURS BUT SINCE IT IS IN 2ND PERIOD OF FCST WILL ISSUE ANOTHER SPS AND LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE WHAT ADVSY TO ISSUE. WONT MENTION SNOW AMTS IN ZNS BUT WILL MENTION 1-3 INCHES PSBL FAR NE AND 1 INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE IN SPS. NGM KEEPS WRAPARND CLDS IN NE ZNS THRU 42 HRS BUT CLDS SHUD CLR BY FRI MORN. VRY TIGHT TEMP GRADIENT BEHIND FNT WILL MAKE TONIGHTS MIN/THURS MAX TEMP FCST TUF. WILL FAVOR COOLER FAN TMPS AND COUNT ON SLIGHTLY FASTER MOVMT OF ARCTIC AIR THAN FWC INDICATES. WITH CLRNG SKY AND DWPTS BLO 0 WILL FCST MINS WELL BLO FWC THURS NIGHT AND STAY CLOSE TO FAN IN LATER PERIODS. /13 TUL 022/024 004/028 022 +200 FSM 040/040 008/030 019 +5-0 MLC 030/030 004/031 022 +200 BVO 017/0194 000/028 020 +200 FYV 035/035 004/026 018 +5-0 IDB 045/045 010/030 019 +4-0 BYV 037/037 003/025 015 +6-0 .TUL... OK...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURS ZNS 54>77. AR...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND THURS ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 4:10 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 410 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 ...BITTERLY COLD WEATHER HEADED FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS HEADED FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BEGINNING WITH SPRING-LIKE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND BITTERLY COLD WEATHER AND POSSIBLY SNOW ON THURSDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ON ACROSS ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL ACOMPANY THE FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL USHER THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING AND SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL POUR INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH FALLING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH CREATING WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS -20 DEGREES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SNOW MAY ALSO SPREAD OVER THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT...BUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA COULD SEE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. OTHER AREAS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTCENTRAL ARKANSAS MAY SEE AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS LATE THURSDAY. CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY FALL TO THE 0 DEGREE MARK. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL ON THURSDAY...PREPARE FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. WITH THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS IT MAY BECOME DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING AND THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER.
Special weather statement, Jan 17, 4:19 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>077-181200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 410 PM CST WED JAN 17 1996 ...BITTERLY COLD WEATHER HEADED FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEATHER IS HEADED FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...BEGINNING WITH SPRING-LIKE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND BITTERLY COLD WEATHER AND POSSIBLY SNOW ON THURSDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ON ACROSS ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL ACOMPANY THE FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL USHER THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING AND SET THE STAGE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL POUR INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT WITH FALLING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH CREATING WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS -20 DEGREES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF SNOW MAY ALSO SPREAD OVER THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT...BUT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ARKANSAS AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA COULD SEE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. OTHER AREAS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTCENTRAL ARKANSAS MAY SEE AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS LATE THURSDAY. CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS MAY FALL TO THE 0 DEGREE MARK. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL ON THURSDAY...PREPARE FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. WITH THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS IT MAY BECOME DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCERNING AND THE BITTERLY COLD WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 29 min |
| Jan 17, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Latimer | 50 min |
| Jan 17, 7:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 46 min |
| Jan 17, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 46 min |
| Jan 17, 10:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 51 min |
| Jan 17, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 40 min |
| Jan 17, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 52 min |
| Jan 17, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 41 min |
| Jan 17, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 61 min |
| Jan 17, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 43 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.