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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 20, 1992Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1992, 3:54 PM CDT for Nowata County, Washington County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 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 20, 1992, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nowata County, OK, Washington County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 4:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Washington, 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1900 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers40 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.