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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Tulsa, OK

June 9, 1993Polk County, Scott County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 8:18 PM CDT for Polk County, Scott County, Arkansas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Tulsa, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 1993-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2344 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 1993-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 9, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
320 PM CDT WED JUN 9 1993

STG TRW NOW DVLPG ALG STNRY FRONT ACRS NE OK WITH A SVR CLUSTER OF
STORMS MOVG THRU CNTRL OK. XPCT HVY RAINS AND SVR WX THRU THIS EVE
WITH THE CONVXN WITH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HVY RAINS IN TROPICAL-
LIKE MSTR. FFA ISSUED THIS MORN FOR SE OK WL BE CONTINUED AND EXPANDED
NORTH INTO NE OK NEAR THE FRONT. MAIN FLASH FLOOD THREAT WL BE FROM
VRY HVY SHORT TERM RAINS PSBLY 1.5-2 IN/HR WHICH CUD CAUSE PBLMS.
CUD ALSO BE SOME REPEAT STORMS ALG FRONT WHICH IS INITIALLY NORTH OF
TUL BUT MAY GET PUSHED S WITH OUTFLOW INTO EAST CNTRL OK LATER.

CHCS FOR TRW WL CONT THRU FRI...ALTHO POPS WL BE IN CHC CATGY AFTR
THURS AFTN. MODELS KEEP ERN OK IN MUGGY AIRMASS THRU FRI AND DAYTIME
HEATING AND UPR SYSM TO WEST WL ALLOW SCTD AFTN TRW TO FIRE FRI AFTN.

WL GENLY FOLLOW GUIDANCE TEMPS BUT WL KNOCK A FEW DEGS OFF TONITE AND
THURS FOR RAIN COOLED AIR. ALTHO WE CANT GET THE LFM GRAPHICS...THE
FPC GUIDANCE WL STILL BE HELPFUL. FPC DID FAIRLY WELL WITH MAX TEMPS
THIS AFTN AND SHUD BE CLOSE NEXT TWO AFTNS. LARGE STATISTICAL DATABASE
USU HELPS FPC/LFM DO WELL IN TEMP FCSTG IN WARM SEASON.

TUL 65V/80/69/84 8644      MLC 66/82/70/85 9644
BVO 63/79/66/83 7644      IDB 68/83/69/87 6533
                                                         ...09...

.OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 26 THRU 34.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
606 PM CDT WED JUN 09 1993

REPORTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

250 PM         PAWNEE        DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF MARAMAC.

412 PM         OSAGE         QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF SKIATOOK.

553 PM         CHEROKEE      80 MPH WIND IN HULBERT

604 PM         CHEROKEE      70 MPH WIND AT TAHLEQUAH

602 PM         NOWATA        TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NORTH OF MIAMI.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
606 PM CDT WED JUN 09 1993

REPORTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

250 PM         PAWNEE        DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF MARAMAC.

412 PM         OSAGE         QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF SKIATOOK.

553 PM         CHEROKEE      80 MPH WIND IN HULBERT

604 PM         CHEROKEE      70 MPH WIND AT TAHLEQUAH

602 PM         NOWATA        TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND NORTH OF MIAMI.
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSALeFlore38 min
Jun 9, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSACrawford, Madison, Sebastian42 min
Jun 9, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTSACrawford38 min
Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAMadison69 min
Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson63 min
Jun 10, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAJohnson42 min

Nearby

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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.