Alert archive / Oklahoma / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 1992, 3:35 AM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1992, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 120854 COR FFWTUL OKC131-121130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING ... CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 335 AM CDT SUN APR 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...ROGERS COUNTY HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING IN ROGERS COUNTY. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE IMPASSSIBLE EAST OF CLAREMORE. RADAR INDICATES HEAVY RAINS IN THAT AREA AT 330 AM WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS LIKELY OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. REMEMBER...IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO THE NEAREST STREAM...CREEK OR RIVER WHICH CAN BECOME A KILLER DURING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. ...CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS WARNING... THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY EVACUATIONS AT CLAREMORE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 11, 10:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1054 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992
...REPORTS FROM THIS EVENING...
TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT
530 PM OSAGE NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BLEW
ONE TENT DOWN AT HULAH DAM
555 PM OSAGE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT OKESA
615 PM WASHINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR OCHELATA
615 PM OTTAWA DIME SIZE HAIL AT TOLL BOOTH ON WILL
ROGERS TURNPIKE JUST INSIDE OKLAHOMA
STATE LINE
620 PM NOWATA DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF LENAPAH
630 PM CRAIG NICKLE SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF
CENTRALIA
645 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT SKIATOOK
705 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF SPERRY
715 PM OSAGE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPERRY
720 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF GROVE
725 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT GROVE
725 PM CREEK DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF MANNFORD
735 PM DELAWARE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE
800 PM TULSA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TULSA AND BROKEN ARROW
800 PM CREEK GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF
DRUMRIGHT
820 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF
PENSACOLA
820 PM TULSA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
SOUTHEAST TULSA TO BROKEN ARROW
830 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ONETA
840 PM ADAIR DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH OF WATTS
900 PM CREEK DIME SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRISTOW
915 PM WAGONER NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT PORTER
930 PM OKMULGEE DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTH OF BEGGS
945 PM ROGERS ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLAREMORE
1030 PM ROGERS ONE INCH HAIL 8 MILES EAST OF CLAREMORELocal storm report, Apr 11, 11:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED CST TO CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1111 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992
...REPORTS FROM THIS EVENING...
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
530 PM OSAGE NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BLEW
ONE TENT DOWN AT HULAH DAM
555 PM OSAGE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT OKESA
615 PM WASHINGTON DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR OCHELATA
615 PM OTTAWA DIME SIZE HAIL AT TOLL BOOTH ON WILL
ROGERS TURNPIKE JUST INSIDE OKLAHOMA
STATE LINE
620 PM NOWATA DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF LENAPAH
630 PM CRAIG NICKLE SIZE HAIL 3 MILES WEST OF
CENTRALIA
645 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT SKIATOOK
705 PM TULSA QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST EAST OF SPERRY
715 PM OSAGE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPERRY
720 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF GROVE
725 PM DELAWARE DIME SIZE HAIL AT GROVE
725 PM CREEK DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF MANNFORD
735 PM DELAWARE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE
800 PM TULSA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TULSA AND BROKEN ARROW
800 PM CREEK GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF
DRUMRIGHT
820 PM MAYES DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF
PENSACOLA
820 PM TULSA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL FROM
SOUTHEAST TULSA TO BROKEN ARROW
830 PM TULSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT ONETA
840 PM ADAIR DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES SOUTH OF WATTS
900 PM CREEK DIME SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTH OF BRISTOW
915 PM WAGONER NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT PORTER
930 PM OKMULGEE DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTH OF BEGGS
945 PM ROGERS ONE INCH HAIL 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CLAREMORE
1030 PM ROGERS ONE INCH HAIL 8 MILES EAST OF CLAREMORESpecial weather statement, Apr 11, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
OKZ029>033-120600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1130 PM CDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 128 CANCELED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... ADAIR...CHEROKEE...CREEK...MCINTOSH...MUSKOGEE...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE... TULSA...WAGONER...HASKELL...LATIMER...PITTSBURG. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL OCCUR IN THESE AREAS OVERNIGHT BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED.
Local storm report, Apr 12, 2:43 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
241 AM CDT SUN APR 12 1992
...REPORT FROM SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 11TH...
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
1010 PM ROGERS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTHEAST OF
CLAREMORE
...REPORT FROM THIS MORNING APRIL 12TH...
TIME (CDT) COUNTY REPORT
140 AM ROGERS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CLAREMOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Osage | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 46 min |
| Apr 11, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa, Wagoner | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Wagoner | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 43 min |
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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.