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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 14, 1990Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 6:54 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1990, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Rogers County, OK

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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1316 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1990-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
1316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 142355
SVRTUL
OKC131-150030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
654 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 654 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF TALALA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. PERSONS IN TALALA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.

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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.