Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1997, 11:23 PM CDT for Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1997, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tulsa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Jul 3, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 915 PM CDT THU JUL 3 1997 NOT MUCH TIME TO ELABORATE. CDFNT MOVG STDLY SEWD INTO NERN OK. HWVR..CONSDRBL ACTVTY RMNS BHND CDFNT AND WL MAKE COSMETIC CHGS TO KEEP POPS IN FCST PAST MIDN. OTRW WL ONLY TREAK THE FIRST PD AND LV RMNDR OF FCST UNCHGD. /11 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 8:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
857 PM CDT THU JUL 03 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM 2 N WELCH OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 CRAIG DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0731 PM WANN OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/97 NOWATA REPORTED BY WANN PD
0731 PM WANN OK .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 NOWATA NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY WANN PD
0734 PM 2 N WANN OK .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 WASHINGTON NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY WASHINGTON COUNTY EOC
0749 PM 5 W BARTLESVILLE OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 OSAGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0800 PM BARTLESVILLE OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 WASHINGTON QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0825 PM 5 NW NOWATA OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 NOWATA DINE SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0827 PM PAWHUSKA OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 OSAGE DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0835 PM 12 NW VINITA OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 CRAIG GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERSLocal storm report, Jul 3, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
857 PM CDT THU JUL 03 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0728 PM 2 N WELCH OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 CRAIG DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0731 PM WANN OK 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/03/97 NOWATA REPORTED BY WANN PD
0731 PM WANN OK .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 NOWATA NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY WANN PD
0734 PM 2 N WANN OK .88 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 WASHINGTON NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY WASHINGTON COUNTY EOC
0749 PM 5 W BARTLESVILLE OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 OSAGE QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0800 PM BARTLESVILLE OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 WASHINGTON QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0825 PM 5 NW NOWATA OK .75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 NOWATA DINE SIZED HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTERS
0827 PM PAWHUSKA OK 1 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 OSAGE DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPVOTTERS
0835 PM 12 NW VINITA OK 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/03/97 CRAIG GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Ottawa | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig, Nowata | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware, Ottawa | 69 min |
| Jul 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Tulsa | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.