Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 14, 1996, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)

Expired

Mar 14, 1996, 7:30 PM CST

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Cherokee 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 150055 COR
TORTUL
OKC021-150130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
646 PM CST THU MAR 14 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

   ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY

AT 646 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
FORT GIBSON MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PETTIT AND COOKSON ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY FARTHER NORTH ACROSS
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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 F(OR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.

KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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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.