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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 4, 1993Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1993, 4:37 AM CDT for Craig County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1993, 4:37 AM CDT (09:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1993, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1993-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 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 1993-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
11.2

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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 4, 4:24 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:24 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
400 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993

ONCE AGN LTL TIME FOR DISC.
STG/SVR STMS ALNG KS/OK BORDER NORTH OF TUL ATTM.  SFC LOW NR
SPS TH:IS MRNG WITH SFC BNDRY FRM THE LO INTO SW MO.  WITH BNDRY
XPCTD TO SAG SWRD OUT OF AREA BY LATER TDA...WL LIMIT POPS TO
1ST PD WITH DRY WX THRU LATER PDS.

PRELIM NUMBERS:  TUL 80/60/80 2-0  MLC 84/64/83 3-0
...04...
.OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:37 PM CDT, 5 hours before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1140 PM CDT THU JUN 03 1993

DELAYED REPORT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

700 AM          TULSA        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT SPERRY
Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
1140 PM CDT THU JUN 03 1993

DELAYED REPORT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

700 AM          TULSA        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT SPERRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata61 min
Jun 4, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSANowata, Rogers63 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.