Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 26, 1997, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 6:45 AM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Tulsa County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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949 
WUUS1 KTUL 262256
SVRTUL
OKC037-113-117-143-261145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
554 AM CDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY...SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
   ...EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY...WESTERN TULSA COUNTY
 
AT 553 PM WEATHER RDAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
JUST SOUTH MANNFORD TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAND SPRINGS.  MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
MANNFORD...SAND SPRINGS...NEW PRUE...AND LAKE KEYSTONE ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 4:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

FPUS3 KTUL 260950
AFDTUL

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
450 AM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

WL HAVE CONTINUED THREAT OF STG/SVR STORMS THRU TONITE. VERY
MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AND SOLAR HEATING SHUD
AID DVLPMENT OF SCTD TSRA BY THIS AFTN. DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT
WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA...AS WELL AS LEFTOVER OUTFLO BNDRIES...
SHUD AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. EXTREME INSTBY THIS AFTN CUD AID
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD SUPERCELLS ABT ANYWHERE IN FA...BUT BEST SHEAR
PROFILES SHUD REMAIN ACRS SE KS/EXTRM NRN OKLA NEAR THE STNRY FRONT.

SCTD AFTN ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO EVE HRS...BUT DRY SLOT WORKING
INTO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE KS UPR SYSM SHUD BRING AN END TO TSRA FROM
WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNITE. SOME THREAT FOR REPEAT CELL DEVELOPMENT
IN AREAS WHERE CAP IS WEAKEST NEAR THE STNRY FRONT ACRS KS/MO...BUT
EXTRM NE OKLA/NW ARK MAY BE NEAR THE SW EDGE OF SUCH ACTIVITY INTO
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. WL KEEP HIEST POPS TONITE ACRS FYV/MIAMI
AREAS...WITH ONLY CHC POPS ELSWHERE MAINLY FOR EVE TSRA.

ON TUES...COLD FRONT/DRYLINE SHUD BECOME BETTER DEFINED AND MOVE
ACRS MOST OF ERN OKLA BY EARLY AFTN AS UPR LOW IN KS REMAINS NRLY
STNRY. WL KEEP LO POPS ALG/AHEAD OF EXPCTD DRYLINE POSN ACRS NW ARK
AND EXTRM ERN OKLA.

FOR TEMPS...HAVE FOLLOWED NGM MOS VALUES CLOSELY WITH A FEW
ADJUSTMENTS.
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TUL 88/65/84/58 4311     MLC 90/64/85/59 4411
BVO 88/63/82/55 4311     IDB 88/68/89/62 3222
FYV 85/64/82/55 5622     FSM 89/65/87/60 4522

.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.