Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1992, 10:51 AM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 19, 1992, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1992, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:45 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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, 3.9 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
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 191552 SVRTUL OKC121-191645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1051 AM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 1050 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF MCALESTER. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM. CROWDER IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 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. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLES<S IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
OKZ029-030-191300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 650 AM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING... AT 645 AM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING FROM CREEK COUNTY INTO TULSA COUNTY...AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE TULSA METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAYED TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FRZOM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 9:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-191515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 913 AM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 11AM. AT 910 AM RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRAIG AND OTTAWA COUNTIES TO PITTSBURG COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS OVER JOHNSTON AND COAL COUNTIES HAVE SHOWN A SLOW INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVED TOWARD PITTSBURG COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 149 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... OSAGE...WASHINGTON...TULSA...CREEK...OKMULGEE...OKFUSKEE AND PAWNEE. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 10:11 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-191600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1010 AM CDT SUN APR 19 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 149 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA... ADAIR...HASKELL...PITTSBURG...LATIMER...SEQUOYAH AND LEFLORE. AT 1005 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM PITTSBURG COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO THE RED RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY TRACK NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORM HAVE NOT PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING AND IF THE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT INCREASE SOON THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED EXPIRE AT 11AM. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 40 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.