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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 22, 1989Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1989, 2:11 AM CDT for Creek County, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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
May 22, 1989, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1989, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Tulsa 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
May 22, 2:37 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Tulsa, OK
May 22, 2:39 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Creek, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 00:00Z on 1989-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2398 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 220719
SVRTUL
OKC037-143-147-220815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
211 AM CDT MON MAY 22 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ...CREEK...TULSA...WASHINGTON
 
AT 210 RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF DEWEY TO OILTON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
May 22, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage48 min
May 22, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington64 min
May 22, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers69 min
May 22, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner64 min
May 22, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Mayes64 min
May 22, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee64 min
May 22, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah68 min
May 22, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, McIntosh, Muskogee65 min
May 22, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg65 min
May 22, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore65 min
May 22, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg45 min
May 22, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 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.