Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT for Crawford County, Arkansas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, AR
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 KFSM 190031 SVRFSM ARC033-190130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 730 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST ARKANSAS ...CRAWFORD COUNTY RADAR AT 730 PM CDT WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 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
Local storm report, Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
322 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT
317 PM PAWNEE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE CITY OF
PAWNEELocal storm report, Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 546 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 425 PM WAGONER GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT 31ST AND MIDWAY
Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 704 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 639 PM MCINTOSH 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AT PIERCE
Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:08 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 707 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 700 PM CHEROKEE GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN BARBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Sebastian | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton, Madison | 69 min |
| Jun 19, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Madison, Washington | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Logan, Sebastian | 70 min |
| Jun 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Franklin, Johnson | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Crawford | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Polk | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.