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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 14, 1992Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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 14, 1992, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Muskogee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDTHail 0.75Muskogee, 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2449 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
2449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 141750 COR
SVRTUL
OKC101-141830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1245 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

   ...MUSKOGEE COUNTY

AT 1245 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF
MUSKOGEE. THE STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND IS
LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  TAKE COVER INSIDE
A STRONG BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TO+RNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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 14, 8:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
OKZ026-141400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
820 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 820 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THESE WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY AROUND 830 AM
AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.  PEOPLE IN OSAGE AND PAWNEE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY INDOORS IF
STORMS ARE OCCURRING.  LIS.TEN TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 9:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
OKZ026-027-029-030-141500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
915 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH OSAGE COUNTY...

AT 915 AM THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS NORTHWEST OSAGE AND PAWNEE
COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.  BY 10 AM THE STORMS WILL
EXTEND FROM NEAR BARTLESVILLE TO OILTON...AND BY 11 AM BE ENTERING
THE TULSA METRO AREA.  PEOPLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS ARE
OCCURRING IN THE AREA.  BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LISTEN TO RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:16 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
OKZ026>034-141800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1215 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA TIL 4PM...

AT 1215 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM
40 MILES EAST OF TULSA TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TULSA.  ANOTHER AREA OF
STORMS WAS OVER NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY.  BOTH AREAS WERE MOVING TO THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  STAY INDOORS IF STORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

WHEN DRIVING ANYWHERE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...USE
CAUTION.  HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS HAS PRODUCED FLOODED SPOTS
IN SOME ROADWAYS.

LISTEN TO RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage70 min
Jun 14, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa57 min
Jun 14, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner57 min
Jun 14, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers41 min
Jun 14, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage51 min
Jun 14, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair43 min
Jun 14, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah58 min
Jun 14, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore67 min
Jun 14, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg57 min
Jun 14, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALatimer55 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.