Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1997, 4:40 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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 24, 1997, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1997, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craig County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 242140 RRA SVRTUL OKC035-242215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 440 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN CRAIG COUNTY AT 440 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF VINITA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PERSONS IN VINITA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS. 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.
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 24, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
FPUS3 KTUL 242005
AFDTUL
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
305 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1997
NO BIG WEATHER CHGS XPCTD INTO THE WEEKEND. WL CONFINE MENTION OF
TSRA NEXT TWO DAYS TO NW ARK AND SE OKLA WHERE CAP WEAKEST AND BEST
MSTR PROGD THRU SAT. CUD BE A FEW TSRA FARTHER NORTH ACRS NE OKLA
AS UPR HIGH SHIFTS SLOWLY EAST ON SAT...BUT COVERAGE SHUD REMAIN
ISOLD. MAIN STORY WILL BE HOT AFTN TEMPS...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES
AS HIGH AS 115 PSBL. WL NOT ISSUE ADVISORY SINCE NIGHTTIME TEMPS
SHUD FALL BELOW THE 80 DEGREE THRESHOLD...BUT WILL ISSUE STATEMENT
TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT HOT SPELL.
TUL 78/98/78/98 -1-1 MLC 74/ 99/75/ 99 1212
BVO 73/99/73/99 0-01 IDB 70/100/70/100 1212
FYV 71/95/71/95 1212 FSM 74/ 99/73/ 99 1212
/9
.TUL...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-OKZ054>076-251200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 100 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1997 ISOLATED SHORT-LIVED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL RESULT IN AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT FORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LIGHT WINDS ALOFT ALSO SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 415 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1997 ...HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN HAS SET UP ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL RISE WELL INTO THE 90S IN ALL AREAS...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR 100 DEGREES. HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 115 IN A FEW AREAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT MOST AREAS WILL NOT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS DURING THE HOT WEATHER...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SUCH AS YARD WORK...DURING THE COOLER TIMES OF THE DAY. CHECK ON THEN ELDERLY. MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO LAY.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
OKZ054>077-ARZ001-002-010-011-019-029-250100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 415 PM CDT THU JUL 24 1997 ...HOT WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... A TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN HAS SET UP ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL RISE WELL INTO THE 90S IN ALL AREAS...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS NEAR 100 DEGREES. HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110...PERHAPS AS HIGH AS 115 IN A FEW AREAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE HIGH HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS INTO THE WEEKEND...BUT MOST AREAS WILL NOT RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS DURING THE HOT WEATHER...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. PLAN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...SUCH AS YARD WORK...DURING THE COOLER TIMES OF THE DAY. CHECK ON THE ELDERLY. MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AND A SHADY PLACE TO LAY.
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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.