Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 1:07 AM CDT (06:07 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1997, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 160608 RRA
SVRTUL
OKC113-160700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
107 AM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 104 AM...RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES WEST OF
GRAINOLA TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORAKER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FORAKER...GRAINOLA AND BOWRING ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
 
 
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES 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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 9:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
925 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 1997

DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE THE
FORECAST PROBLEM ACROSS THE AREA. OUTFLOW FROM MCS IN AR SET OFF A
FEW STORMS NR FSM THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED SINCE
SUNSET AND IS NOW CONFINED TO XTRM SE OK. XPCT THIS ACTIVITY TO
CONTINUE TO DECREASE WITH NO STG CONVERGENCE OR OTHER MECHANISM
PRESENT.

TSRA IN KS AND FAR NW OK THIS EVENING SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
SLOWLY EWD. WITH SSWLY LLJ AND SWLY H5 FLOW...ACTIVITY PROBABLY
WONT MAKE IT CLOSE TO NW ZONES UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A
CHANCE IT MAY NEVER GET HERE AT ALL. WILL KEEP CHC POPS IN PLACE
TONIGHT HOWEVER AS NEW TSRA MAY INITIATE ELEVATED ON LLJ AS IT DID
THIS MORNING. MOISTURE AT SFC AND H8 VERY RICH TONIGHT WITH DPS NR
20C AT H8 AND AROUND 70F AT SFC. ADAP CONTINUES TO SHOW LIS -5 TO -
7 AND WITH SR FLOW FAIRLY STG...ANY STORMS IN THE AREA WILL LIKLEY
BE SVR TONIGHT. MAY TWEAK POPS AND CLOUDS SOMEWHAT...BUT NOT MUCH.
/26

.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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.