Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tulsa, OK
NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1992, 3:16 PM CDT for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 min. 3 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
- May 11, 1992, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tulsa, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pittsburg County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Pittsburg, OK | |
| May 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Pittsburg, OK | |
| May 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado F4 | Pittsburg, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 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 112016 TORTUL OKC121-112100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK 316 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN PITTSBURG COUNTY AT 3 17 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF LAMAR. THE CITY OF INDIANALO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Muskogee | 48 min |
| May 11, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Cherokee | 30 min |
| May 11, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Adair, Delaware | 27 min |
| May 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 38 min |
| May 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Pittsburg | 67 min |
| May 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TSA | McIntosh, Pittsburg | 4 hr |
| May 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | LeFlore, Sequoyah | 59 min |
| May 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TSA | Latimer | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 63 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.