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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 14, 1992McIntosh County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 6:44 PM CDT for McIntosh County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County McIntosh County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 7:10 PM CDTHail 1Mcintosh, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 1:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
OKZ026>034-040-151200-
EASTERN OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
130 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF EASTERN
OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ONCE AGAIN VERY UNSTABLE ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON.  THE GREATEST INSTABILITY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WAS IN
PLACE OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WHERE SKIES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY SUNNY...
ALLOWING FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES.  HOWEVER IN THE NORTHEAST...CLOUDS
HAVE BEEN THINNING...WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES THERE TO CLIMB AND
THE ATMOSPHERE TO FURTHER DESTABLIZE.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE ALSO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A
WEAK SURFACE BOUNDRY OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE THE
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.

WITH THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY PRESENT OVER THE AREA...
ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

CIVIL DEFENSE AND SPOTTER GROUPS OVER THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
AND BE READY FOR ACTIVATION IF NECESSARY LATER THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TOMIGHT.
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ033-142200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
403 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HASKELL COUNTY...

AT 358 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPEDZ IN SOUTHERN
HASKELL COUNTY NEAR KINTA.  IT PROBABLY CONTAINS HAIL AND MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN.  THE STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY AND
MAY AFFECT KINTA SHORTLY.
Local storm report, May 14, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
433 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

435 PM       WASHINGTON     DIME SIZE HAIL IN BARTLESVILLE

500 PM       WASHINGTON     DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR VERA

545 PM       ROGERS         DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
                            OF TIAWAH.
Special weather statement, May 14, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OKZ033-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
505 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY...

AT 500 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN HASKELL
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF KINTA.  THE STORM WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR.  DUE TO THE NEARLY
STATIONARY POSITION OF THE STORM DURING THE PAST HOUR...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY [HAVE OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF KINTA.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN HASKELL COUNTY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA IN CASE THE STORM INTENSIFIES.
Local storm report, May 14, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
536 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

TIME(CDT)    COUNTY         REPORT

535 PM       OKFUSKEE       DIME SIZE HAIL 4 MILES EAST OF WELEETKA

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, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes46 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, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee67 min
May 14, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPolk66 min
May 14, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSASebastian61 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.