Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 10:35 PM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 10, 1989, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craig 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Craig, 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 349 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
907 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
8 29 PM WASHINGTON A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 4 MILES SOUTH/
WEST OF CANEY, KS...JUST INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA/
KANSAS STATE LINE. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES
ONLY IN THAT AREA.
8 15 PM WASHINGTON GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF CANEY, KS
JUST INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER ON THE
OKLAHOMA SIDE.Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
931 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
8 00 PM OSAGE 60 MPH WIND REPORTED NEAR HULAH RESEVO IR BY OSAGE
COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 10:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Nowata, Washington | 4 hr |
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.