Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1997, 3:21 AM CDT for Wagoner County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 13, 1997, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1997, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wagoner County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Porter, OK | Severe thunderstorms moved across northeast Oklahoma during the very early morning of June 13th. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed 1 mobile home and badly damaged 7 manufactured homes 1 mile northeast of Pawhuska, and 3 houses were damaged by strong winds in |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 130823 RRA SVRTUL OKC145-130900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 321 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN WAGONER COUNTY AT 321 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF PORTER MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PORTER...TULLAHASSEE AND OKAY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. DURING THE STORM MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE OR HAND HELD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ON ROADWAYS AND NEVER DRIVE ONTO A FLOODED ROAD. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
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 Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:12 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 910 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A FNT XTNDG FM A SFC LO IN NW MO TO ANOTHER LO IN THE ERN TX PNHDL WITH A DRYLINE XTNDG SWD FM THERE. AN ISOLD STRM FORMED ALNG THIS BNDRY IN SCNTRL KS AND SPLIT W/RIGHT MOVER HEADED ALMST DUE E. MORE NUMEROUS TSRA HV FORMED FURTHER W FROM THE ERN TX PNHDL NWD INTO WRN KS AS UPR LVL SPEED MAX MVS INTO SRN PLAINS AS SHOWN BY WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILERS. AN ISOLD SHRA FORMED EARLIER IN NOWATA CNTY ALNG A WK SFC BNDRY BUT THIS DISSIPATED AS IT MVD NEWD. CANNOT RULE OUT ADNTL DVLP IN ZNS NR THE KS BRDR BUT LOOKS LIKE TSRA OUT W SHLD BE MAIN SHOW FOR TNGT AS THEY HEAD ESE TWDS FA. ONCE AGAIN 15Z MESOETA SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK W/ORGANIZATION OF TSRA. THIS SUGGESTS THAT STRMS SHLD MV INTO ERN OK AFT MIDNGT W/MOST SIG CNVCTN IN SRN SCTNS. APRS THAT STRMS SHLD BE APRCHG OK/AR BRDR zBY 12Z. PREV FCST LOOKS TO HV A GOOD HANDLE ON SITN. MAY BUMP POPS UP SOME FOR TNGT. ALSO W/COPIOUS AMNT OF MOISTURE AVBL MAY OPT TO INCLUDE MENTION OF LCL HVY RAINFALL IN PARTS OF ERN OK TNGT. 07 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 2:45 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
245 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 AM 1 NW DEWEY OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/97 WASHINGTON MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE
ALSO REPORTED
0235 AM 4 NE GROVE OK 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/13/97 MAYESLocal storm report, Jun 13, 2:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 AM GLENPOOL OK WIND DAMAGE
06/13/97 TULSA MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
0300 AM TULSA OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97 TULSALocal storm report, Jun 13, 2:47 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIMES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
410 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0235 AM GLENPOOL OK WIND DAMAGE
06/13/97 TULSA MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
AND 6 POWER POLES
DOWNEDLocal storm report, Jun 13, 3:05 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 AM GLENPOOL OK WIND DAMAGE
06/13/97 TULSA MINOR ROOF DAMAGE
0300 AM TULSA OK 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/97 TULSAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 54 min |
| Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.