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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 13, 1990Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 8:55 PM CST for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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
Mar 13, 1990, 8:55 PM CST (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 10:00 PM CST
In force
65 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 13, 9:15 PM CSTHail 1Rogers, 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, 2.9 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 00:00Z on 1990-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 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 00:00Z on 1990-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 140254
SVRTUL
OKC131-140400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
855 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 851 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EAST TULSA
COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee60 min
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, 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.