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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 18, 1992Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 1992, 4:21 PM CST for Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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 18, 1992, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 1992, 5:15 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Muskogee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 18, 4:35 PM CSTHail 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, 10.4 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 1992-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 182221
SVRTUL
OKC101-182315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
421 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
AT 418PM RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM NEAR WARNER.
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 1/2 INCH HAIL NEAR WARNER AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE LARGER HAIL.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
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.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

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, Mar 18, 1:32 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-191200-
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT.  A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSBLE OVER
THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON WITH
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL
PART OF THE STATE.  THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE BY LATER THIS EVENING.

AHEAD OF THE FRONT A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE.

COOLER MORE STABLE AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND WILL END THE POSSIBILITY0
OF ANY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 2:50 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
OKC061-091-101-121-182145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
250 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR LAKE EUFAULA...

AT 245 PM RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE
EUFAULA...9 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF EUFAULA.  THE THUNDERS
SHOULD MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 3:14 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OKC061-091-101-121-182215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 PM CST WED MAR 18 1992

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA...

AT 310 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN
OKLAHOMA FROM SOUTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY SOUTH OF WEBBERS FALLS TO
NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER.

THE STRONGEST STORM AT 310 PM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER.

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  A PERIOD
OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THR NATIuONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg44 min
Mar 18, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah65 min
Mar 18, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore57 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.