Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1990, 2:06 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 69 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 10, 1990, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1990, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:10 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pittsburg, 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, 7.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 100707 SVRTUL OKC121-100815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 206 AM CDT TUE APR 10 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 200 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR INDIANOLA OKLAHOMA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES PER 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.
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, Apr 9, 11:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 1115 PM CDT MON APR 9 1990 TIME/CDT COUNTY EVENT 2054 MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF PRYOR 2100 MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR SALINA 2035 ROGERS NICKLE SIZE HAIL 3 NORTHWEST OF INOLA 2112 MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL IN PRYOR 2130 DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT LAKE EUCHA 5 SW OF JAY 2145 DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL 9 WEST OF JAY 2140 MAYES NICKEL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN PRYOR AND SALINA 2205 CHEROKEE DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES WEST OF HULBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 64 min |
| Apr 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 61 min |
| Apr 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 69 min |
| Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell, Latimer | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.