Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 1992, 9:24 PM CST for LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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, 9:24 PM CST (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 10:05 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Le Flore, OK | |
| Mar 8, 9:42 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Sequoyah, 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, 3.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 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 KFSM 090325 TORFSM OKC135-079-090415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT SMITH AR 924 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT SMITH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...SEQUOYAH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...LE FLORE COUNTY RADAR AT 920 PM CST INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH OF BOKOSHE OKLAHOMA IN EXTREME NORTHWEST LEFLORE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IN MULDROW BY 940 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 4:31 PM CST, 4 hours 53 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 43 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 40 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, 3 hours 24 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, 1 hour 3 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.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 9:16 PM CST, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK 914 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992 .....REPORTS FOR MARCH 9TH TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT 901 PM HASKELL DIME SIZE HAIL AT MCCURTAIN A&ND KEOTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Haskell | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 68 min |
| Mar 9, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 48 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.