Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 6, 1996, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County LeFlore County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 070210
TORTUL
OKC079-070300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
909 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...LE FLORE COUNTY
 
AT 908 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WISTER MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVENER 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.
 
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 BE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
345 PM CDT THU JUN 6 1996

OUTFLOW BNDRY HAS BEEN FOCUS FOR TRW DVLPMT THIS AFTN OVR NW AR.
OTR TRW HAV CONTD ALONG SLOW-MOVING LINE OVR XTRM SRN KS THIS AFTN.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS A PSBLTY GIVEN LOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
VALUES AOB 2 INCHES/HOUR AND THE DVLPMT OF SLOW MOVING LINES OF
CONVECTION. WL ISSUE FFA FOR ALL ZNS EXCEPT FROM TUL TO THE
WEST...WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE CLOSER TO 3
INCHES/HOUR.

WATER VAPOR LOOP CONTS TO SHOW IMPRESSIVE S/W DIVING SOUTH OVR HI
CNTRL PLAINS. UPR LVL POOL OF COLD AIR WL MOV OVR WARM LO-LVL
THETA-E POOLING ALONG FRONT TO CAUSE FURTHER DESTABILIZATION OF
ATMOS THIS EVNG. WEAK CAP OVR SE OK SHUD BREAK. WND PROFILE OVR SE
OK/W CNTRL AR CUD SUPPORT ISOLD SUPERCELLS...ALTHO THEY SHUD NOT BE
LONG-LIVED. WND PROFILE MAY NOT BE AS SUPPORTIVE FOR SUPERCELLS IN
NE OK.

UPR LOW SHUD HANG UP OVR MID-MS VLY BY FRI NGT. COLD POOL ALOFT...
CYCLONIC FLOW...AND WRAPAROUND OF LO-LVL MSTR SHUD SUPPORT STRATOCU
DVLPMT WITH PSBL RW...PARTICULARLY DURG DAYTIME HEATING. DRY SLOT
MAY WORK INTO SRN ZNS...SO WL LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE ON NECESSITY
OF POPS THERE FOR FRI NT/SAT.
22

PRELIM NUMBERS...SUBJECT TO LAST MINUTE CHANGES
TUL 061/079 058/075 7212
FSM 063/079 058/074 8521
MLC 063/078 057/075 7521
BVO 058/078 056/075 8211
FYV 060/074 054/069 7422
IDB 067/079 060/078 6721
BYV 061/074 055/071 7423

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 56>58/61>63/67>76.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZNS 1/2/10/11/19/29.

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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.