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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 16, 1997Haskell County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1997, 6:17 PM CDT for Haskell County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
Jun 16, 1997, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Haskell County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 6:45 PM CDTTornado F0Enterprise, OK
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Whitefield, OK
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Whitefield, 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1997-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2808 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1997-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 162319 RRA
TORTUL
OKC061-121-170000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
617 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN HASKELL COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY
 
AT 617 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF EUFALA
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTERS HAVE CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER LAKE EUFALA.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage53 min
Jun 16, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington29 min
Jun 16, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata52 min
Jun 16, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa45 min
Jun 16, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa31 min
Jun 16, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner50 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee49 min
Jun 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore44 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee, Okmulgee51 min
Jun 16, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer29 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg44 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh53 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore45 min
Jun 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer56 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTSALeFlore43 min
Jun 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee51 min
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah40 min
Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee52 min
Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMcIntosh, Muskogee48 min
Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAHaskell46 min

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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.