Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 11:11 AM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 8, 1992, 11:11 AM CST (17:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:15 AM CST | Hail 0.88 | Pittsburg, 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 12:00Z, 5.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 081711 SVRTUL OKC121-081815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1111 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 1105 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR KIOWA. NICKEL SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HLEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:55 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 550 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...BIG WEATHER CHANGES IN STORE FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY... THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END..AT LEAST TEMPORARILY...OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. HOWEVER...CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR MUCH COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BEGINNING MONDAY. UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH WELL INTO THE 70S. HOWEVER...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING. A DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN TEXAS TODAY AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE TODAY WITH THE APPROACH THE UPPER DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE DRYLINE SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLDER AIR SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR UPON THE ONSET OF THE COLD AIR. HIGHS SHOULD REACH INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S OVER THE NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY IN THE DAY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLEY TUESDAY MORNING BUT MORE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA. FAIR WEATHER WITH A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE ON MONDAkY...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT BLOOMING FRUIT TREES AND LIVESTOCK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 5:56 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 550 AM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...BIG WEATHER CHANGES IN STORE FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY... THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END..AT LEAST TEMPORARILY...OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH. HOWEVER...CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR MUCH COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA BEGINNING MONDAY. UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH WELL INTO THE 70S. HOWEVER...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING. A DRY LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN TEXAS TODAY AND WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY ARRIVE IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE TODAY WITH THE APPROACH THE UPPER DISTURBANCE FROM THE WEST...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE DRYLINE SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE STATE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE COLDER AIR SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SHOWERS MAY OCCUR UPON THE ONSET OF THE COLD AIR. HIGHS SHOULD REACH INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S OVER THE NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA EARLY IN THE DAY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE AFTERNOON. NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLY TUESDAY MORNING BUT MORE LIKELY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA. FAIR WEATHER WITH A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE ON MONDAYl...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT BLOOMING FRUIT TREES AND LIVESTOCK. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 12:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 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.