Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 3:22 PM CDT for Johnson County, Arkansas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1992, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 KFSM 142022 SVRFSM ARC071-142130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 322 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST ARKANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY RADAR AT 320 PM CDT WAS SHOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN CLARKSVILLE AND OARK AND JUST EAST OF CLARKSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 12:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-151200- EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 215 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE ARKANSAS LINE AT WESTVILLE TO DRUMRIGHT IN CREEK COUNTY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM FOR THE MODERATE RISK AREA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY HAS RESULTED IN A BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. AT 1PM THE BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM NEAR STILWELL TO NEAR EUFAULA TO BETWEEN OKLAHOMA CITY AND AND STILLWATER. CURRENTLY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS TRACKING ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING EASTWARD ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE STORM IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WILL SOON MOVE INTO ARKANSAS. THE STORMS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARY IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND THE LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILE NEAR THE BOUNDARY IS QUITE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL BE CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY TRACK ALONG THE BOUNDARY...IN ADDITION TORNADOES WILL BE A DEFINITE THREAT. IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN STABILIZED BY THE MORNING STORMS...BUT THE ATMOSPHERE THERE MAY DESTABILIZE TONIGHT AND THE THREAT FOR STRONGER STORMS MAY RETURN THERE BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. ALSO ANY STORMS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. SPOTTERS IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD ACTIVATE NOW. SPOTTERS IN THE ELSEWHERE SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACTIVATE. THIS NOTE...THE LAST SCHEDULED EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. OTHER SPECIAL OUTLOOKS MAY BE ISSUED AS NEEDED UNTIL SCHEDULED OUTLOOKS RESUME NEXT YEAR.
Local storm report, Jun 14, 3:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
315 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
1100 AM TULSA DIME SIZE HAIL AT 11TH AND GARNETT
1112 AM CREEK QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT LAKE HEYBURN
1115 AM ROGERS DIME SIZE HAIL IN CATOOSA
1125 AM ROGERS DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF CATOOSA
1200 PM WAGONER 3 1/2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN IN
WAGONER
1249 PM MUSKOGEE DIME SIZE HAIL IN MUSKOGEEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan | 68 min |
| Jun 14, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Polk, Scott | 67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.