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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 14, 1996Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1996, 6:22 PM CST for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Mar 14, 1996, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1996, 7:00 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Muskogee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 14, 6:35 PM CSTHail 0.75Muskogee, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 150022
TORTUL
OKC101-150100-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
622 PM CST THU MAR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 622 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE
WAGONER/MUSKOGEE BORDER 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TULLAHASSEE MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF
MUSKOGEE TOWARD HYDE PARK. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.
 
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.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THISj STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage36 min
Mar 14, 6:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner34 min
Mar 14, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner30 min
Mar 14, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers36 min
Mar 14, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACherokee44 min
Mar 14, 6:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers34 min
Mar 14, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage29 min
Mar 14, 7:22 PM CSTTornado WarningTSAAdair, Sequoyah53 min
Mar 14, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers, Washington32 min
Mar 14, 7:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata51 min
Mar 14, 7:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Mayes41 min
Mar 14, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers31 min
Mar 14, 8:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage44 min
Mar 14, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers41 min
Mar 14, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware52 min
Mar 14, 8:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers46 min
Mar 14, 9:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig46 min
Mar 14, 9:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage46 min
Mar 14, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington48 min
Mar 14, 9:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware46 min
Mar 14, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Mar 14, 9:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata49 min
Mar 14, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage52 min
Mar 14, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware40 min
Mar 14, 10:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Washington50 min
Mar 14, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers63 min
Mar 14, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes69 min
Mar 14, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers36 min
Mar 14, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware58 min
Mar 14, 11:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Mar 15, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware51 min

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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.