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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 9, 1990Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 9, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee 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
Apr 9, 10:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Cherokee, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 1990-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1990-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 100301
SVRTUL
OKC021-100400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1000 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CHEROKEE COUNTY
 
AT 9 58 PM THE TULSA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF HULBERT MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
PASS NEAR TAHLEQUAH WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers64 min
Apr 9, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware61 min
Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes69 min
Apr 10, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee61 min
Apr 10, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg69 min
Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair40 min
Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Latimer40 min
Apr 10, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah66 min
Apr 10, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore66 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.