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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 354, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 31, 1992Creek County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1992, 8:16 PM CST for Creek County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
Oct 31, 1992, 8:16 PM CST (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1992, 9:15 PM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Creek County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 31, 8:30 PM CSTHail 1Creek, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1992-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Oct 31, 3:38 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 3:38 PM CST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
330 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

SFC LO LCTD NR PNHNDL LATE THIS AFTN WITH WRM FNT ACRS CNTL OK
TO N OF MLC AND DRYLN ACRS XTRM WRN OK.  UPR SYSTM MOVG ACRS
NM ATTM...AND MDLS FAIRLY CONSISTENT MOVG THIS FTR ACRS OK TNGT
AND EARLY SUN.  LOOK FOR SFC LO TO CONT TO SLIDE EWRD AND SHLD
BE MOVG INTO NE OK ARND 12Z WITH CDFNT INTO WRN FRINGES OF THE
AREA.  FNT WL THEN MOV ON ACRS REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE
DAY SUN AS SFC LO BGNS TO LIFT NE.  SVR TSTMS HAV ALREADY FIRED
THIS AFTN NR MLC AND WL INCLD POTNTL FOR SVR ACTVTY ACRS ERN OK
THRU TNGT.  WL ALSO INCLD MENTION OF PSBL HVY RAIN.  HIGH POPS
WL REMAIN IN ORDER SUN AS FNT AND UPR SUPPORT MOVS ACRS.  WL
CONT POPS INTO 3RD PD AS MOISTR WRAPING ARND SYSTM RMNS OVR
THE AREA...THEN LV 4TH PD DRY FOR NOW.  WL LEAN SLGTLY TWRD
HIGHER FWC GUID TEMPS.

PRELIM NUMBERS:  TUL 60/66/45/60 8621  BVO 57/60/41/56 8421
                 MLC 60/68/44/60 7621  IDB 61/71/48/62 7621
...04...

.OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 31, 5:52 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
550 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

DATE/TIME (CDT)   COUNTY       REPORT

540 PM            MUSKOGEE     NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT BOYNTON

545 PM            MUSKOGEE     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BOYNTON
Local storm report, Oct 31, 6:11 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
611 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

DATE/TIME (CDT)   COUNTY       REPORT

608 PM            MUSKOGEE     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MUSKOGEE
Local storm report, Oct 31, 8:03 PM CST, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
802 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

REPORTS FOR
Local storm report, Oct 31, 8:06 PM CST, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED ...TIME IN CST NOT CDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
805 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

DATE/TIME (CST)   COUNTY       REPORT

608 PM            MUSKOGEE     GOLF BALL SIZE HAILl IN MUSKOGEE
Local storm report, Oct 31, 8:10 PM CST, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
809 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

DATE/TIME (CST)   COUNTY       REPORT

540 PM            MUSKOGEE     NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT BOYNTON

545 PM            MUSKOGEE     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BOYNTON
Local storm report, Oct 31, 8:11 PM CST, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
811 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992

DATE/TIME (CST)   COUNTY       REPORT

425 PM            HASKELL      GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN STIGLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee62 min
Oct 31, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee40 min
Oct 31, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware48 min
Oct 31, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee66 min
Oct 31, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Tulsa69 min
Oct 31, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner62 min
Oct 31, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek, Okfuskee62 min
Oct 31, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Wagoner56 min
Oct 31, 11:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh, Okfuskee56 min
Oct 31, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOttawa31 min
Oct 31, 9:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton59 min
Nov 1, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.