Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Tulsa, OK
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Creek, OK | |
| Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Creek, OK | |
| Jun 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Creek, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 51 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.