Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1992, 5:25 AM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1992, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okfuskee County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 051026 SVRTUL OKC107-051130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 525 AM CDT WED AUG 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...OKFUSKEE COUNTY AT 524 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN TULSA INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF BOLEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILEAN HOUR. OKEMAH IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. 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 RbOOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.
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 Aug 5, 4:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 4:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 345 AM CDT WED AUG 5 1992 A LARGE SWATH OF RW/TRW CTN OVR FA THIS MORNING. CONVECTION WHCH FIRED LAST EVE ALNG STNRY BNDRY (TXK-GAG) HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AS HVY RAINS STABILIZE LWR LVLS. LARGE MCS DROPPING OUT OF CNTL KS ATTM. PROFILERS INDICATE MAX INFLO LOCATED ACRS NRN OK AND TSTMS SEEM TO INTENSIFYING AS THEY REACH THIS AREA OF MAX INFLO. WL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS OVR MOST ZONES THIS MORNING...EXCLUDING ZONE 28 AND 40. WL DECRS POPS THIS AFTN OVR NRN ZONES AS COMPLEX EXITS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. CLDS AND WET VEG AND GRND WL HOLD TEMPS DOWN AOB GUID VALUES. FFA WL BE REISSUED TO COVR HVY RAINS. FLOW BCMS MORE ZONAL WITH TIME. THO TRAK OF HI PLAINS MCS MAY BE DIRECTED NORTH OF FA DUE TO CHNG IN UPR FLO...LO LVL PARAMETERS RMN FAVORABLE FOR TRW DEVELOPING OVR HI PLAINS OF TX AND OK TO TRAK INTO FA. WL GO WITH MOD CHC POPS AGAIN TONIGHT FOR THIS REASON. WL KEEP LO CHC POPS IN 3RD PD AS WELL DUE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND PLENTY OF MOISTURE RMNG ON THU. RDGG BUILDS IN FROM WEST AND HTS RISE STEADILY...WITH MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED THU WL INCRS TEMPS GRADUALLY. DUE TO WET GRND AND VEG WL USE COOLER FWC NUMBERS FOR MAXES. 07 TUL 84/70/89 +53 MLC 86/71/91 743 BVO 85/68/89 753 IDB 90/70/91 323 .OK...FFA TDA ZONES 26>34.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
OKZ031-033-034-050700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 109 AM CDT WED AUG 5 1992 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKFUSKEE AND HASKELL COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PITTSBURG COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS INCREASED DURING THE PAST HOUR...THOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ON THE DECREASE. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HAIL IN PITTSBURG COUNTY RANGING FROM GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1230 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALSO WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Aug 5, 1:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
120 AM CDT WED AUG 05 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY REPORT
...AUGUST 4
1130 PM OKFUSKEE NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 EAST OF OKEMAH
...AUGUST 5
1200 AM MCALESTER GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 7 MILES
EAST OF MCALESTER
1215 AM MCALESTER GOLFBALL HAIL IN HARTSHORNE
100 AM MCINTOSH NICKEL SIZE HAIL...50+ MPH WIND
3 MILES WEST OF EUFAULALocal storm report, Aug 5, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
120 AM CDT WED AUG 05 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY REPORT
...AUGUST 4
1130 PM OKFUSKEE NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 EAST OF OKEMAH
...AUGUST 5
1200 AM PITTSBURG GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 7 MILES
EAST OF MCALESTER
1215 AM PITTSBURGH GOLFBALL HAIL IN HARTSHORNE
100 AM MCINTOSH NICKEL SPIZE HAIL...50+ MPH WIND
3 MILES WEST OF EUFAULALocal storm report, Aug 5, 2:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
120 AM CDT WED AUG 05 1992
TIME (CDT) COUNTY REPORT
...AUGUST 4
1130 PM OKFUSKEE NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 EAST OF OKEMAH
...AUGUST 5
1200 AM PITTSBURG GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 7 MILES
EAST OF MCALESTER
1215 AM PITTSBURG GOLFBALL HAIL IN HARTSHORNE
100 AM MCINTOSH NICKEL SXIZE HAIL...50+ MPH WIND
3 MILES WEST OF EUFAULAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 67 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.