Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT for Rogers County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 8, 1992, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rogers County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rogers, 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, 0.7 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUL 090044 TORTUL OKC131-090115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 743 PM CDT TUE SEP 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...EASTERN ROGERS COUNTY AT 741 PM CDT RADAR INDICATE A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF OF CLAREMORE...THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET IN A GROUND DEPRESSION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Rogers | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 26 min |
| Sep 8, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Rogers | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | Mayes | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Mayes | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Rogers | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 66 min |
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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.