Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tulsa, OK

Issued

May 26, 1997, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Tulsa, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Latimer 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.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 270234
TORTUL
OKC077-121-270330-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
931 PM CDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN LATIMER COUNTY...CENTRAL PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 928 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BLOCKER.
 
ANOTHER TORNADO WAS REPORTED WEST OF HAILEYVILLE.
 
ANOTHER AREA OF A POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
HAYWOOD.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
GOWEN...HARTSHORNE...ADAMSON...BLOCKER...HAYWOOD...AND ARPELAR
ARE ALL IN THE PATH OF THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM.
 
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
 
 
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 ROOMP 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.