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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Tulsa, OK

July 30, 1992Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1992, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Mayes County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 1992-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1992-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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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 30, 10:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 10:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1011 AM CDT THU JUL 30 1992

THREE FOCI FOR THUNDER TODAY...SHALLOW CDFNT JUST ABT TO ENTR THE NW
PART OF THE FA...A TSTM BNDRY FM NR PNC TO TUL TO BTWN FYV AND FSM...AND
OLD BNDRY ACRS SE OK.

CONVCTN IS RAPDILY INCRSNG IN SE OK AND SHUD INCRS NR THE NRN BNDRIES
THIS AFTN.  FCST CAPES OF 2000 TO 2700 AND A WBZ NR 11000 FT SHUD
SUPPORT ISLD SVR TSTMS.  BEST WIND FIELDS WL BE ACRS THE NRN
ZONES...WITH THE RGN IN THE RRQ OF A 70KT H3 JET MAX AT 00Z.

WL HV LKLY POPS IN ALL ZONES TODAY AND ADJUST TEMPS TO FIT FCST CLDS AND
PRECIP.

NO CHGS TO OUTPDS ATTM.

.OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 2:24 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-311200-

EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
225 PM CDT THU JUL 30 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MIAMI IN OTTAWA COUNTY TO
OILTON IN CREEK COUNTY.

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG A THUNDERSTORM
BOUNDARY THAT AT MID AFTERNOON EXTENDED FROM NEAR TULSA TO NEAR STILWELL
IN ADAIR COUNTY.  ONCE DEVELOPED THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EASTWARD AT 15
MPH.  WHILE WIND FIELDS ARE RATHER WEAK...ENOUGH INSTABILITY EXISTS FOR
A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO OCCUR IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA NEAR
AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND IN A POCKET OF VERY MOIST AIR.  OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH THE COLD FRONT AND WITH THE
UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE.  ANY OF THE STORMS IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS.

THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING
AS THE AIR MASS STABILIZES WITH SUNSET AND THE MAIN UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT
MOVES EAST OF THE AREA.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair53 min
Jul 30, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee69 min
Jul 30, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee48 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee58 min
Jul 30, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningTSADelaware27 min
Jul 30, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee48 min
Jul 30, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee48 min
Jul 30, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee47 min
Jul 30, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner28 min

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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.