Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 8:58 PM CST for Haskell County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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, 8:58 PM CST (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Haskell County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:01 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Haskell, 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 090258 SVRTUL OKC061-077-090330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 858 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...EASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HASKELL COUNTY 4 MILES SOUTH OF KEOTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
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, 3:15 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 315 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS EXITING EASTERN OKLAHOMA BUT MORE ON THE WAY... AT 315 PM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER EXTREME EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE OVER OTTAWA COUNTY. ANY OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...AS WELL AS TORRENTIAL RAIN AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE OUT OF THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THESE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA AFTER SUNSET AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:31 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
427 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992
TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT
1245 PM OKMULGEE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
t OF HENRYETTALocal storm report, Mar 8, 4:41 PM CST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
431 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992
CORRECTED REPORTS FOR MARCH 8...CHANGED TIMES FROM CDT TO CST
TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT
1115 AM PITTSBURG NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH
OF KIOWA BY THE KIOWA CIVIL DEFENSE
1240 PM PITTSBURG SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE
HAIL AT CANADIAN
1240 PM PITTSBURG COOP OBSERVER REPORTED NICKLE SIZE
HAIL AT CROWDER
1219 PM OKFUSKEE HENRYETTA POLICE REPORTED 2 INCH
HAIL AT CLEARVIEW
1215 PM OKFUSKEdE 3/4 INCH HAIL AT OKEMAHLocal storm report, Mar 8, 4:44 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 443 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992 CORRECTED REPORT FROM FEBRUARY 17...CHANGED TIME FROM CDT TO CST TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT 100 AM OSAGE DIME SIZE HAIL AT PERSHING
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-090100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 600 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...BE READY FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING... INTENSE STORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATER THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. REMEMBER THAT ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SO STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA. THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH PITTSBURG COUNTY AROUND 630 PM AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ACTIVITY WILL REACH FROM TULSA TO FORT SMITH AS EARLY AS 8 PM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 8:21 PM CST, 37 minutes before
OKZ031-033-090320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 820 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AT 820 PM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. OTHER STORMS WERE OVER HASKELL AND LATIMER COUNTIES. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY INDOORS WHEN STORMS ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 68 min |
| Mar 8, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.