Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1997, 2:51 AM CST for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 5, 1997, 2:51 AM CST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1997, 3:45 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 3:15 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Stigler, OK | |
| Nov 5, 3:15 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Stigler, OK | Severe thunderstorms developed in eastern Oklahoma during the early morning of November 5th and produced large hail. Quarter size hail fell at Talala, Porter, and just south of Kiowa, and dime to quarter size hail fell at White Oak. Dime to nickel size hail fe |
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 nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 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 050851 RRA SVRTUL OKC061-050945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 251 AM CST WED NOV 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY AT 250 AM...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR QUINTON. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. KINTA...LEWISVILLE AND MCCURAIN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT QUINTON AT 245AM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES 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 Nov 4, 9:28 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 4, 9:28 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
EASTERN OKLAHOMA/NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 925 PM CST TUE NOV 4 1997 ALL IS QUIET NOW BUT RAPID CHANGES WILL BE OCCURRING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 00Z UPPER AIR DATA SHOWS THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURNING RAPIDLY NORTH WITH H8 DEWPOINTS UP TO 10C AT FWD. AT THE SURFACE A NARROW AXIS OF DEWPOINTS INTO THE MID 50S IS POKING UP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OK. STRONG SHORTWAVE IS SEEN MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TOWARDS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH ENHANCED CLOUDINESS EXPANDING OUT AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE ACROSS CENTRAL OK. 30 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO ERN OK AND NW AR OVERNIGHT WITH DEWPOINTS INCREASING INTO THE 50S LATER TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE SFC FRONT WHICH WILL ENTER NE OK LATER TONIGHT. RAPID SHOWER AND TSTM DEVELOPMENT SEEMS LIKELY IN THE NEXT 1-3 HOURS AS THE EFFECTS OF THE SHORTWAVE BEGIN TO BE FELT IN THE AREA OF INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BEGIN AFFECTING PARTS OF ERN OK AROUND MIDNIGHT. TEMPS ALOFT ARE QUITE COLD AND HAIL PRODUCTION SEEMS LIKELY WITH STORMS TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN SE OK WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATEST BUT CANNOT RULE OUT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ANYWHERE IN THE FCST AREA OVERNIGHT. DID ADJUST MIN TEMPS UP A BIT TONIGHT BUT NOT TOO MUCH SINCE THE PRECIP SHOULD KNOCK THEM DOWN SOME. ALSO RAISED POPS IN MOST AREAS. NO CHANGES TO THE LATER PERIODS OF THE FCST ATTM. LOOKS LIKE WRAPAROUND CLOUDINESS WILL BE A PROBLEM TO BE RECKONED WITH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THIS SEEMS TO BE WELL HANDLED IN THE CURRENT FCST. FCSTID = 5 TUL 49 58 40 60 / 50 30 10 5 FSM 48 59 41 60 / 70 60 10 10 MLC 52 63 40 60 / 70 30 10 5 BVO 45 58 38 60 / 30 20 5 0 FYV 48 55 40 56 / 70 60 10 10 IDB 51 63 39 61 / 70 60 10 10 BYV 46 56 39 56 / 70 60 10 10 MIO 47 57 40 58 / 70 30 10 5 MKO 51 63 40 60 / 70 30 10 5 F10 49 58 40 60 / 50 30 10 5 .TUL... OK...NONE. AR...NONE. PLATE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 5, 2:34 AM CST, 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
234 AM CST WED NOV 05 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 AM CHOUTEAU OK .88 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MAYES
0110 AM CHOUTEAU OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MAYES
0110 AM WHITE OAK OK 1 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 CRAIG DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN WHITE OAK.
0115 AM MUSKOGEE OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MUSKOGEE
0119 AM VAN BUREN AR .88 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 CRAWFORD
0135 AM FT GIBSON OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MUSKOGEE
0140 AM GANS OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 LE FLORE
0145 AM SHORT OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 SEQUOYAH
0155 AM 10 W JAY OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 DELAWARE
0201 AM 4 W CHECOTAH OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MCINTOSH
0202 AM KIOWA OK 1 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 PITTSBURGLocal storm report, Nov 5, 2:35 AM CST, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
234 AM CST WED NOV 05 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 AM CHOUTEAU OK .88 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MAYES
0110 AM CHOUTEAU OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MAYES
0110 AM WHITE OAK OK 1 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 CRAIG DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN WHITE OAK.
0115 AM MUSKOGEE OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MUSKOGEE
0119 AM VAN BUREN AR .88 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 CRAWFORD
0135 AM FT GIBSON OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MUSKOGEE
0140 AM GANS OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 LE FLORE
0145 AM SHORT OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 SEQUOYAH
0155 AM 10 W JAY OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 DELAWARE
0201 AM 4 W CHECOTAH OK .75 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 MCINTOSH
0202 AM KIOWA OK 1 INCH HAIL
11/05/97 PITTSBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 12:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 39 min |
| Nov 5, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 40 min |
| Nov 5, 1:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Muskogee, Wagoner | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 57 min |
| Nov 5, 1:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 2:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 57 min |
| Nov 5, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 62 min |
| Nov 5, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 2:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 49 min |
| Nov 5, 2:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 48 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.