Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 9:23 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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
- Aug 4, 1992, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McIntosh County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Pittsburg, OK | |
| Aug 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Pittsburg, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 3180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 376 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.2
- Supercell composite
- 25.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 050223 SVRTUL OKC091-121-050330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 923 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...MCINTOSH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 920 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAIFORD. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF MCALESTER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Muskogee | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Tulsa | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Okfuskee, Okmulgee | 5 hr |
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.