Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Watches in 1997

Tornado Watch 453

June 16, 19978 counties in Arkansas; 45 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 16, 1997, 4:15 PM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; 45 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1997, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Foard County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Red River County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

76 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott62 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee49 min
Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore44 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee51 min
Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer29 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg44 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh53 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore45 min
Jun 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer56 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore43 min
Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha53 min
Jun 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee51 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell, Pittsburg43 min
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah40 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian50 min
Jun 16, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott64 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell46 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFWDCooke61 min
Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian37 min
Jun 16, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills51 min
Jun 16, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham51 min
Jun 16, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLZKScott34 min
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha30 min
Jun 16, 7:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, LeFlore2 hr
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove, Marshall46 min
Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 min
Jun 16, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford54 min
Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha30 min
Jun 16, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita42 min
Jun 16, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKScott32 min
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore45 min
Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson55 min
Jun 16, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster51 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston46 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman43 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer, Pittsburg43 min
Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTSASebastian30 min
Jun 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes43 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens52 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore52 min
Jun 16, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee51 min
Jun 16, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox49 min
Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg2 hr
Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin44 min
Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford42 min
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie40 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLZKScott3 hr
Jun 16, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain53 min
Jun 16, 8:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore109 min
Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg46 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman44 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa44 min
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Grady40 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita39 min
Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc51 min
Jun 16, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkmulgee50 min
Jun 16, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLZKPolk63 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes46 min
Jun 16, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAOkfuskee41 min
Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHughes3 hr
Jun 16, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens49 min
Jun 16, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole48 min
Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain44 min
Jun 16, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh48 min
Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady47 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg61 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay46 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee44 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher44 min
Jun 16, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore41 min
Jun 16, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita41 min
Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee40 min
Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes39 min
Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson51 min
Jun 16, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2808 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Desha, Drew, Lee, Lincoln, Monroe and 3 more7 hr
Jun 15, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 10 more5 hr
Jun 16, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington5 hr
Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 11 more5 hr
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes and 8 more6 hr
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEdwards, Kinney, Real, Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more5 hr
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 33 more6 hr
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Bowie, Brown, Callahan and 61 more6 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.