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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 14, 1992Mayes County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 5:44 AM CDT for Mayes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
May 14, 1992, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1992, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Mayes County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 5:58 AM CDTHail 0.88Mayes, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTUL 141044
SVRTUL
OKC097-141130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
544 AM CDT THU MAY 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...MAYES COUNTY
 
AT 542 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT TULSA SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTHEAST OF INOLA MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
INTO WESTERN MAYES COUNTY. PRYOR AND CHOUTEAU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIbL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
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, May 14, 4:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OKZ026>030-141030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
430 AM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

AT 430 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE
KANSAS BORDER NORTH OF BARTLESVILLE SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR OILTON.  THE
LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE SOME HAIL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  PEOPLE IN BARTLESVILLE...TULSA AND ADJACENT AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage53 min
May 14, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage61 min
May 14, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Washington45 min
May 14, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers50 min
May 14, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWagoner57 min
May 14, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACherokee, Muskogee52 min
May 14, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASequoyah68 min
May 14, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell34 min
May 14, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell30 min
May 14, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOkfuskee68 min
May 14, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh58 min
May 14, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMcIntosh61 min
May 14, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee67 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.