Alert archive / Arkansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1992, 9:01 PM CST for Benton County, Arkansas. It was in force for 59 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
- Oct 31, 1992, 9:01 PM CST (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 1992, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benton County, AR
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 9:03 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Benton, AR | |
| Oct 31, 9:27 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Benton, AR | |
| Oct 31, 9:47 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Benton, AR |
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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
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, 8:52 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:52 PM CST, 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 855 PM CST SAT OCT 31 1992 NO TIME FOR A DISC. SELS NOTES REASONS VERY WELL FOR SVR WX TNGT. WL LOOK AT 900 PM CONDS AND MAKE MINOR CHGS TO FIRST D IF NEEDED. REST OF FCST WL BE UNCHGD. ..11.. .OK...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 31, 5:52 PM CST, 3 hours 9 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 50 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, 58 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, 55 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, 51 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, 50 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 62 min |
| Oct 31, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 40 min |
| Oct 31, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 59 min |
| Oct 31, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Delaware | 48 min |
| Oct 31, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 66 min |
| Oct 31, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Tulsa | 69 min |
| Oct 31, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner | 62 min |
| Oct 31, 10:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek, Okfuskee | 62 min |
| Oct 31, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Cherokee, Delaware, Muskogee, Wagoner | 56 min |
| Oct 31, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Okfuskee | 56 min |
| Oct 31, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 31 min |
| Nov 1, 12:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Benton | 66 min |
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.