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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 1997Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT for Crawford County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
May 26, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1997, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, AR, Washington County, AR

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindStrickler, AR
May 26, 10:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindStrickler, AR

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2590 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
17.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 270248
SVRTUL
ARC033-143-270345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
945 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 944 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF WESTVILLE TO NEAR BUNCH OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDER BY
1015 PM.
 
FAYETTEVILLE...LINCOLN...AND NATURAL DAM ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 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 THUNDEtRSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 9:09 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:09 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
905 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

RATHER ACTIVE WX ACRS FA TNGT AND LOOKS LIKE IT WL CONT FOR A WHILE
BFR HEADING FURTHER E. CRNTLY APRS WK SFC LO LOCATED OVR SRN OSAGE
CNTY W/BNDRY XTNDG SSW FM THERE. PROFILERS SHOW H85 LO BACK IN NW
OK. TSRA HV MVD EWD OFF OF BNDRY BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME
REDEVELOPMENT BEHIND INIT STRMS ACRS NE OK. OBVIOUSLY SVR WX AND
HVY RAINFALL REMAIN A THREAT. SO WL LVL ZFP AS IS FOR NOW. AS MCS
CONTS EWD WL PROB UPDATE LATER AND ADJ POPS/FFA.

07

.TUL...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT ZONES 54>76.
AR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT ZONES 1/2/10/11/19/29.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
350 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 PM    TULSA                     OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   TULSA                          REPORTED AT 81ST AND
                                          RIVERSIDE.

0730 PM    1 SE GLENPOOL             OK   2 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   TULSA

0754 PM    PIERCE                    OK   1 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   MCINTOSH

0821 PM    RAIFORD                   OK   1 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   MCINTOSH

0829 PM    WAGONER                   OK   85 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/97   WAGONER

0830 PM    BOYNTON                   OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   MUSKOGEE

0835 PM    PICHER                    OK   80 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/97   OTTAWA

0837 PM    PICHER                    OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   OTTAWA

0845 PM    3 W MUSKOGEE              OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/97   MUSKOGEE                       SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

0850 PM    6 W VINITA                OK   65 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/97   CRAIG

0946 PM    3 NE GROVE                OK   60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/26/97   DELAWARE

1020 PM    6 W MC ALESTER            OK   1 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   PITTSBURG

1030 PM    TALIHINA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/97   LE FLORE                       TREE BLOWN DOWN.
Local storm report, May 26, 4:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
415 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM    TULSA                     OK   FLOODING
05/26/97   TULSA                          WATER FROM LITTLE HAIKEY
                                          CREEK FLOWING OVER 91ST
                                          BETWEEN MINGO AND
                                          MEMORIAL.

0945 PM    MIAMI                     OK   FLOODING
05/26/97   OTTAWA                         STREET FLOODING REPORTED
                                          BY MIAMI PD.

0945 PM    FAIRLAND                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/97   OTTAWA                         OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN.

1000 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/26/97   LATIMER                        TREES DOWN JUST WEST OF
                                          WILBURTON

1000 PM    WILBURTON                 OK   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/97   LATIMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford53 min
May 26, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington53 min
May 26, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACarroll, Madison59 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.