Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 13, 1997Wagoner County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDTHail 0.75Porter, OKSevere 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2667 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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   MAYES
Local 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   TULSA
Local 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
                                          DOWNED
Local 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   TULSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee61 min
Jun 13, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek54 min
Jun 13, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee46 min
Jun 13, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Washington62 min
Jun 13, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee62 min
Jun 13, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa37 min
Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore48 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.