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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 2, 1992Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1992, 10:04 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Muskogee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 2, 1992, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cherokee County, OK, Muskogee County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 10:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Cherokee, 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4506 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
4506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
13.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 2, 9:07 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 9:07 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
905 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

STRMS APR TO BE WEAKENING ATM BUT WL KEEP CHC SVR OVR EAST CENT ZNS TIL
MIDNIGHT. WL INCLUDE CHC OF STRMS IN SE ERLY THU AS FNTL BDRY LIKELY TO NOT
CLR SE OK TIL MIDDAY FRI. WL REMOVE POPS W OF LN AS N WNDS BRINGING
DRIER AIR TO REGION. NO CHGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF AFTN PACKAGE.

...10...

.OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
OKZ026-027-028-029-030-031-032-030200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
846 PM CDT THU JUL 2 1992

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 528:

CRAIG...CREEK...NOWATA...OKFUSKEE...OKMULGEE...OSAGE...OTTAWA...PAWNEE
...ROGERS...TULSA...WASHINGTON.

AS A RESULT...THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA OF TULSA IS NO LONGER IN
THE WATCH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers62 min
Jul 2, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa60 min
Jul 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig47 min
Jul 2, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa44 min
Jul 2, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee52 min
Jul 2, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware56 min
Jul 2, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner69 min
Jul 2, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee64 min
Jul 2, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh42 min
Jul 2, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah62 min
Jul 2, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair61 min
Jul 2, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg59 min
Jul 2, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell, Muskogee44 min
Jul 2, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg63 min
Jul 2, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah62 min
Jul 3, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore55 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton67 min
Jul 2, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington62 min
Jul 2, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison62 min
Jul 2, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin, Johnson62 min
Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford63 min
Jul 2, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAFranklin59 min
Jul 3, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson60 min
Jul 3, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALogan, Sebastian59 min
Jul 3, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALogan, Scott, Sebastian63 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.