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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 1996Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
May 26, 1996, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Craig County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTTornado F2Childers, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1996-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 270114
TORTUL
OKC035-270200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
813 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY
 
AT 813 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MOVING INTO CRAIG COUNTY 7 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF CENTRALIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HOLLOW IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee45 min
May 26, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa, Washington54 min
May 26, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata43 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee48 min
May 26, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata, Rogers31 min
May 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage45 min
May 26, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTSANowata39 min
May 26, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington54 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek28 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers42 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek30 min
May 26, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Tulsa48 min
May 26, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers54 min
May 26, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig52 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes45 min
May 26, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa58 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig49 min
May 26, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa43 min
May 26, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa45 min
May 27, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Wagoner52 min
May 27, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee44 min
May 27, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Sequoyah52 min
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg40 min
May 27, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee31 min
May 27, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair43 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.