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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tulsa, OK

September 8, 1992Rogers County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 8, 1992, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Rogers County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 7:30 PM CDTTornado F0Rogers, OK
Sep 8, 7:40 PM CDTHail 2.75Rogers, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1992-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 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 090004
TORTUL
OKC131-090030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
704 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...ROGERS COUNTY
 
AT 705PM RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CLAREMORE.
 
 
WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DEVELOPING STORMS.  LARGE HAILSTONES AND UNUSUALLY
LOW SWIRLING CLOUDS ARE MANY TIMES SEEN NEAR DEVELOPING TORNADOES.
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES OFTEN PRODUCE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND THAT CAN BE HEARD IN THE VICINITY OF STORMS. FREQUENT AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH MOST SEVERE THUND"ERSTORMS.
 
KEEP TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER BULLETINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes, Rogers47 min
Sep 8, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes26 min
Sep 8, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningTSARogers32 min
Sep 8, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSARogers5 hr
Sep 8, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes48 min
Sep 8, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington45 min
Sep 8, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes48 min
Sep 8, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers60 min
Sep 8, 8:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTSAMayes5 hr
Sep 8, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTSAMayes47 min
Sep 8, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers46 min
Sep 9, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage66 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.