Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Mar 14, 1996, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)

Expired

Mar 14, 1996, 8:15 PM CST

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Adair County, OK, Sequoyah 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 150123
TORTUL
OKC001-135-150215-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
722 PM CST THU MAR 14 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY...NORTHERN AND EASTERN SEQUOYAH COUNTY
 
AT 722 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
COOKSON OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STILWELL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL PASS SOUTH OF LYONS IN SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTY
AND TOWARD NORTHEAST SEQUOYAH COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. AREAS OF ADAIR COUNTY FROM STILWELL
SOUTHWARD CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL...UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE.
 
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 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.