Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1992, 7:40 PM CDT for Sequoyah 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
- Jun 9, 1992, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sequoyah County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sequoyah, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-101200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 300 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PITTSBURG...LATIMER...LEFLORE AND MCCURTAIN. THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE REMAINS OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA WITH DEWPOINTS BETWEEN 65 AND 70. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN WELL INTO THE 80S ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CAUSING THE AIRMASS TO BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THE RED RIVER AT MID AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED SURFACE HEATING. SATELLITE PICTURES INDICATE THAT THE CLOUDS ARE THINNING SOUTH OF A TULSA TO WEST SILOAM SPRINGS LINE AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO WARM SOME AND DESTABILIZE. THNUDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP IN EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. WEAK WIND FIELDS AND THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY SHOULD KEEP THESE STORMS BELOW SEVERE) LIMITS HOWEVER. SPOTTER GROUPS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
OKZ033-034-040-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 510 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCCURTAIN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS MCCURTAIN COUNTY AT 5 PM AND SHOULD EXIT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA BY 6 PM. THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BUT THEY ARE NOT LIKELY T0O BECOME SEVERE. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN BY AROUND 8 PM WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Cherokee | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okmulgee | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 65 min |
| Jun 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Polk | 68 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.