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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 22, 1992Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1992, 3:39 AM CST for Muskogee County, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 1992, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1992, 4:30 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Muskogee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1992-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 1992-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 220940
SVRTUL
OKC101-111-221030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
339 AM CST SUN MAR 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN MUSKOGEE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN OKMULGEE COUNTY
 
AT 335 AM...RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN
OKMULGEE COUNTY. QUARTER-SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT PRESTON FROM ONE OF
THESE STORMS. THE BAND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE bHAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.