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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Tulsa, OK

November 9, 1988Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 9, 1988, 4:40 PM CST for Osage County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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 9, 1988, 4:40 PM CST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 1988, 5:30 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 4:45 PM CSTHail 0.75Osage, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1988-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1988-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 411 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee44 min
Nov 9, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Nowata40 min
Nov 9, 4:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa44 min
Nov 9, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa, Wagoner42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.