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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 18, 1992Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 11:04 PM CDT for Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 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 18, 1992, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 11:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Washington, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 190405
SVRTUL
OKC147-190500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1104 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1104 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OGLESBY...MOVING sSOUTHEAST AT 20 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.

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, 7:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 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, 3 hours 56 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

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
746 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

255 PM       OSAGE        GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 4 MI SOUTH OF FAIRFAX

305 PM       OSAGE        GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 8 MI WEST OF HOMINY

317 PM       PAWNEE       GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN PAWNEE

340 PM       PAWNEE       HALF DOLLAR-SIZE HAIL 6 MI WEST OF MARAMEC

410 PM       CREEK        GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 2 MI EAST OF OILTON

425 PM       WAGONER      GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 3 MI NORTH OF COWETA

430 PM       WAGONER      GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL 2 MI EAST OF COWETA

Local storm report, Jun 18, 8:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
805 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

355 PM       PAWNEE       TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 6 MI WEST OF
                          MARAMEC RESULTING IN TREE DAMAGE

510 PM       CREEK        QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN BRISTOW

535 PM       OKFUSKEE     DIME-SIZE HAIL AT WELTY

540 PM       OKMULGEE     70 MPH WINDS AT NUYAKA...OR 9 MI WEST OF
                          OKMULGEEp

650 PM       ADAIR        NICKLE-SIZE HAIL 6 MI SOUTHWEST OF STILWELL

700 PM       CHEROKEE     GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN BARBER

Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
927 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

545 PM       MUSKOGEE     THUNDERSTORM WINDS TO 60 MPH DOWNED
                          POWER LINES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS 6 MILES
                          SOUTH OF JONESVILLE.

710 PM       PITTSBURG    DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANOLA.

810 PM       LATIMER      THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED TREES IN
                          WILBURTON.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 10:29 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1028 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

959 PM       ROGERS       NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT CLAREMORE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	64 min
Jun 18, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	44 min
Jun 18, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	44 min
Jun 18, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	61 min
Jun 18, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	34 min
Jun 19, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	54 min
Jun 19, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Osage	35 min
Jun 19, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	51 min
Jun 19, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Pawnee	67 min
Jun 19, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	48 min
Jun 19, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	43 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	66 min
Jun 19, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	55 min
Jun 19, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	63 min
Jun 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee	61 min
Jun 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	61 min
Jun 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	61 min
Jun 19, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	62 min
Jun 19, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee	56 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Pittsburg	32 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	43 min
Jun 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	64 min
Jun 19, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	64 min
Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg	62 min
Jun 19, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	65 min

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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.