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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 13, 1990Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 7:15 PM CST for Creek County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports 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
Mar 13, 1990, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 8:15 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Creek County, OK, Okfuskee 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
Mar 13, 7:30 PM CSTHail 1.75Okfuskee, OK
Mar 13, 7:49 PM CSTHail 0.75Okfuskee, OK
Mar 13, 8:10 PM CSTTornado F2Creek, OK
Mar 13, 8:20 PM CSTHail 0.75Okfuskee, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140116
SVRTUL
OKC107-037-140215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
715 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...OKFUSKEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CREEK COUNTY
 
AT 712 PM A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN PADEN, WELTY,
AND BOLEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 8:05 PM CSTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee40 min
Mar 13, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee58 min
Mar 13, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa62 min
Mar 13, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Wagoner60 min
Mar 13, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers65 min
Mar 13, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa45 min
Mar 13, 11:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes65 min
Mar 13, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa65 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.