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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1990, 7:48 PM CDT for Benton County, Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1990, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, AR, Washington County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSM 200049 SVRFSM ARC007-143-200145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 748 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ...SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY RADAR AT 748 PM CDT SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SILOAM SPRINGS ARKANSAS MOVING EAST AT 20 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, May 19, 3:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
334 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
220 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW PRUE.
242 PM OSAGE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF NEW PRUE.
305 PM OSAGE NICKEL SIZE HAIL 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAND
SPRINGS.Local storm report, May 19, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
4 15 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR NEW PRUE.
4 38 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH TULSA.
4 40 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF SAND SPRINGS.
4 30 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.
4 45 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT CHLOETA.
5 09 PM MAYES 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LANGLEY.
5 10 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NE OF NEW PRUE.
5 20 PM TULSA DIME SIZE HAIL IN JENKS.
5 35 PM MAYES HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
AT LANGLEY.
5 50 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT SPAVINAW.
5 55 PM MAYES 75 MPH WIND JUST NORTH OF PRYOR.
6 13 PM WAGONER DIME SIZE HAIL AT COWETA.Local storm report, May 19, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
628 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 1990
TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT
4 15 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR NEW PRUE.
4 38 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTH TULSA.
4 40 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF SAND SPRINGS.
4 30 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT LANGLEY.
4 45 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT CHLOETA.
5 09 PM MAYES 3/4 INCH HAIL AT LANGLEY.
5 10 PM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NE OF NEW PRUE.
5 20 PM TULSA DIME SIZE HAIL IN JENKS.
5 35 PM MAYES HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 70 MPH
AT LANGLEY.
5 50 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL AT SPAVINAW.
5 55 PM MAYES 75 MPH WIND JUST NORTH OF PRYOR.
6 13 PM WAGONER DIME SIZE HAIL AT COWETA.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott, Sebastian | 64 min |
| May 19, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 66 min |
| May 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan | 60 min |
| May 19, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 68 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 60 min |
| May 19, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 3 hr |
| May 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Logan | 3 hr |
| May 20, 1:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Polk, Scott | 2 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.