Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1996, 7:56 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 6, 1996, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Canadian, 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 070057 TORTUL OKC121-070145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 756 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 754 PM...SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST WEST OF MCALESTER. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED ACROSS A LINE FROM ASHLAND TO RUSSELLVILLE. THIS CIRCULATION WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN MCALESTER SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW! 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. WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING STORMS. LARGE HAILSTONES AND UNUSUALLY LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE MANY TIMES SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING TORNADOES. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE A LOUD ROARING SOUND THAT CAN PBE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, LeFlore, Sequoyah | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 51 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.