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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 9, 1992Osage County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 7:44 PM CDT for Osage County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
Sep 9, 1992, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 9, 7:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Osage, OK
Sep 9, 8:20 PM CDTHail 1Osage, OK
Sep 9, 8:45 PM CDTHail 1Osage, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 1992-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2412 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
2412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 100045
SVRTUL
OKC113-100145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
744 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 741 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT TULSA INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHIDLER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 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 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
Sep 9, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig66 min
Sep 9, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee58 min
Sep 9, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington62 min
Sep 9, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage62 min
Sep 9, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa52 min
Sep 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig61 min
Sep 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPawnee60 min
Sep 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers61 min
Sep 9, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSATulsa40 min
Sep 9, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage39 min
Sep 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa45 min
Sep 9, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers, Wagoner54 min
Sep 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair, Cherokee, Delaware53 min
Sep 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee53 min
Sep 10, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah56 min
Sep 10, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAOkmulgee4 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.