Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:35 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Muskogee, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sequoyah | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 5:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.