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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Tulsa, OK

August 4, 1992McIntosh County, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 9:25 PM CDTHail 1Pittsburg, OK
Aug 4, 10:00 PM CDTHail 0.88Pittsburg, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3180 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee67 min
Aug 4, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee58 min
Aug 4, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Pittsburg60 min
Aug 4, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee49 min
Aug 5, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg58 min
Aug 5, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell69 min
Aug 5, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee37 min
Aug 5, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee50 min
Aug 5, 2:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee4 hr
Aug 5, 3:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee69 min
Aug 5, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa42 min
Aug 5, 4:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek57 min
Aug 5, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPawnee4 hr
Aug 5, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee65 min
Aug 5, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg45 min
Aug 5, 7:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAPittsburg4 hr
Aug 5, 9:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkfuskee, Okmulgee5 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.