Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 26, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

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.

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TTAA00 KTUL 270218
TORTUL
OKC061-121-270315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY...NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 913 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
PITTSBURG COUNTY FROM CANADIAN TO SOUTHWEST OF SCIPIO. POSSIBLE
TORNADOES ARE INDICATED NEAR CROWDER...AND JUST EAST OF SCIPIO.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN CANADIAN.
 
BLOCKER...QUINTON...RUSSELLVILLE...AND ENTERPRISE ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.
 
IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN MCALESTER AND THE
HUGHES COUNTY LINE.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
 
 
 
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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.