Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 12:34 PM CST for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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, 12:34 PM CST (18:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 12:40 PM 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, 6.6 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 081834 SVRTUL OKC121-081915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 1234 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 1230 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF MCALESTER...OR IN THE VICINITY OF CROWDER. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PERSONS ON OR IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE EUFAULA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... LARGME HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY 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
Local storm report, Mar 8, 12:20 PM CST, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 1219 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY REPORT 1215 PM OKFUSKEE 3/4 INCH HAIL AT OKEMAH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 11:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 12:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okfuskee | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Okmulgee | 46 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.