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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 26, 1990Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1990, 5:29 AM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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
May 26, 1990, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1990, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage 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 26, 5:58 AM CDTHail 0.75Osage, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1990-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3709 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 1990-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 261029
SVRTUL
OKC113-261130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
529 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 527 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RALSTON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee58 min
May 26, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage46 min
May 26, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers45 min
May 26, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Washington48 min
May 26, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata42 min
May 26, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington46 min
May 26, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah55 min
May 26, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore55 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.