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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 19, 1992Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports 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 19, 1992, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Creek County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDTHail 1.75Creek, OK
Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Creek, OK
Jun 19, 10:33 PM CDTHail 1.25Creek, 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 906 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 200248
SVRTUL
OKC037-200330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
947 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CREEK COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DRUMRIGHT AND WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 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.
 
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, Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-201200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
630 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH #408 AND TORNADO WATCH #410 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED
   FOR ALL BUT MCCURTAIN COUNTY...

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED RAPIDLY ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED MENA ARKANSAS TO NASHOBA...IN CENTRAL PUSHMATAHA COUNTY...
TO KIOWA...IN SOUTHWESTERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 620 PM.

THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING LATIMER...MCCURTAIN AND PUSHMATAHA
COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.  THE DANGER HAS PASSED IN
NORTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL OKL_AHOMA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OKZ026-027-029-030-200230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
828 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM JUST SOUTH OF TULSA TO
NEAR PONCA CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING AS THE MOVED TO
THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
OKZ026-027-028-029-030-031-032-033-034-040-200345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
944 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA UNTIL 4AM SATURDAY MORNING.

AS OF 942 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM AROUND TULSA TO
NEAR PONCA CITY.  IN ADDITION AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
OVER NORTHERN CREEK COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
LAT 35 MPH.

PERSON IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee53 min
Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek50 min
Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee40 min
Jun 19, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee54 min
Jun 19, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek51 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.