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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 3, 1993Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1993, 8:45 AM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1993, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1993, 9:25 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -555 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1394 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 610 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 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, 3:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 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, 5 hours 30 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, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek	42 min
Jun 3, 3:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek	49 min
Jun 3, 4:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	54 min
Jun 3, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Ottawa	45 min
Jun 3, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	69 min
Jun 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Okmulgee	29 min
Jun 3, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage	60 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Pawnee	68 min
Jun 3, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	68 min
Jun 3, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	68 min
Jun 3, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	65 min
Jun 3, 6:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	41 min
Jun 3, 6:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Ottawa	51 min
Jun 3, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	37 min
Jun 3, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Rogers	53 min
Jun 3, 7:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Mayes	51 min
Jun 3, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	46 min
Jun 3, 7:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	66 min
Jun 3, 8:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	49 min
Jun 3, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton	41 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Benton, Washington	31 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Madison	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.