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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 8, 1992LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CSTHail 1.75Le Flore, OK
Mar 8, 9:42 PM CSTHail 1.75Sequoyah, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-03-09Temperature 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 HENRYETTA
Local 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 OKEMAH
Local 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAHaskell32 min
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore, Sequoyah68 min
Mar 9, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAPittsburg48 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.