Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Strickler, AR | |
| May 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Strickler, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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 LATIMERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 53 min |
| May 26, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 53 min |
| May 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Carroll, Madison | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.