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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 1993Craig County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 6:25 AM CDT for Craig County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1993, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1993, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Craig County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 1993-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1993-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

ONCE AGN LTL TIME FOR ANY DISC.  SVR CELL OVR CREEK COUNTY ATTM
TRAKNG ESEWRD ACRS FA WITH ADDITIONAL CELLS BACK OVR N-CNTL PART
OF STATE.  MDLS SHOW STG S/WV TO MOV FRM THE RCKYS INTO THE PLNS
TDA AND TNGT.
...04...
.OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
OKZ026-027-029-030-030845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
243 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 8AM.

AT 230 RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER MOVING INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STILLWATER.  THE STORM
HAS PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL...RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND
WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

THE STORM HAS SLOWED ITS MOVEMENT AND IS NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST PAWNEE COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND
330 PM AND MOVE INTO CREEK COUNTY AROUND 330 AM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST PAWNEE AND CREEK
COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO ACT IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
OKZ026-027-029-030-030845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
243 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 8AM.

AT 230 RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER MOVING INTO
EASTERN OKLAHOMA...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STILLWATER.  THE STORM
HAS PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL...RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND
WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH.

THE STORM HAS SLOWED ITS MOVEMENT AND IS NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHWEST PAWNEE COUNTY BETWEEN NOW AND
330 PM AND MOVE INTO CREEK COUNTY AROUND 330 AM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST PAWNEE AND CREEK
COUNTIES SHOULD BE READY TO ACT IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
OKC037-117-030915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...A DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHING CREEK COUNTY...

AT 310 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PAYNE
COUNTY.  THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO.  THE STORM WAS NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN CREEK COUNTY BETWEEN
330 AND 345 AM CDT.

IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY A WARNING FORM CREEK COUNTY MAY BE
NEEDED SHORTLY.

THE STORM HAS TURNED ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH THAT IT IS NO LONGER A THREAT
TO PAWNEE COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
OKC037-117-030915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT THU JUN 3 1993

...A DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHING CREEK COUNTY...

AT 310 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN PAYNE
COUNTY.  THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO.  THE STORM WAS NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND IT IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVING INTO WESTERN CREEK COUNTY BETWEEN
330 AND 345 AM CDT.

IF THIS STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY A WARNING FORM CREEK COUNTY MAY BE
NEEDED SHORTLY.

THE STORM HAS TURNED ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH THAT IT IS NO LONGER A THREAT
TO PAWNEE COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:13 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACreek42 min
Jun 3, 3:41 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek49 min
Jun 3, 4:06 AM CDTTornado WarningTSACreek, Okmulgee54 min
Jun 3, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACraig, Ottawa45 min
Jun 3, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage69 min
Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMuskogee, Okmulgee29 min
Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage60 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Pawnee68 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington68 min
Jun 3, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers68 min
Jun 3, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage, Tulsa41 min
Jun 3, 6:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSADelaware, Ottawa51 min
Jun 3, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington37 min
Jun 3, 7:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSARogers53 min
Jun 3, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMayes51 min
Jun 3, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAAdair46 min
Jun 3, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton66 min
Jun 3, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington49 min
Jun 3, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton41 min
Jun 3, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAWashington40 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSABenton, Washington31 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.