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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 2, 1993Washington County, Arkansas

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1993, 9:52 PM CDT for Washington County, Arkansas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 1993, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 1993, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washington County, AR

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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: 317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 May 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

OKZ026-027-029-030-031-033-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

..THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 358 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CROWDER AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
MCINTOSH COUNTY BY 410 PM. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER OKMULGEE...SOUTHWEST WAGONER COUNTIES AS
WELL AS SOUTHEAST TULSA COUNTY NEAR BROKEN ARROW.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHERT UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

Special weather statement, May 2, 4:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before

OKZ026-027-029-030-031-033-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
405 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

..THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 358 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CROWDER AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
MCINTOSH COUNTY BY 410 PM. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER OKMULGEE...SOUTHWEST WAGONER COUNTIES AS
WELL AS SOUTHEAST TULSA COUNTY NEAR BROKEN ARROW.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHERT UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

Local storm report, May 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

500 PM         TULSA         65 MPH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                             61ST AND YALE

510 PM         TULSA         DIME SIZE HAIL AT 31ST AND HARVARD

545 PM         WAGONER       DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF INOLA
                             ON HIGHWAY 412

545 PM         ROGERS        DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
                             VERDIGRIS ON HIGHWAY 412

530 PM         MUSKOGEE      NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
                             BOYNTON

450 PM         MCINTOSH      DIME SIZE HAIL AND A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
                             5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHECOTAH

600 PM         WAGONER       NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF PORTER

Local storm report, May 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
625 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

500 PM         TULSA         65 MPH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                             61ST AND YALE

510 PM         TULSA         DIME SIZE HAIL AT 31ST AND HARVARD

545 PM         WAGONER       DIME SIZE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF INOLA
                             ON HIGHWAY 412

545 PM         ROGERS        DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
                             VERDIGRIS ON HIGHWAY 412

530 PM         MUSKOGEE      NICKEL SIZE HAIL 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
                             BOYNTON

450 PM         MCINTOSH      DIME SIZE HAIL AND A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED
                             5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHECOTAH

600 PM         WAGONER       NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE WEST OF PORTER

Local storm report, May 2, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

632 PM          MAYES        NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT ADAIR

648 PM          MAYES        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF ADAIR

639 PM          LATIMER      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF
                             WILBURTON

658 PM          MAYES        QUARTER SIZE HAIL 4.5 MILES NORTH OF ADAIR
                             ON HIGHWAY 69

710 PM          CRAIG        DIME SIZE HAIL AT WHITE OAK

650 PM          CRAIG        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
                             OF BIG CABIN

Local storm report, May 2, 7:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 1993

TIME (CDT)      COUNTY       EVENT

632 PM          MAYES        NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT ADAIR

648 PM          MAYES        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF ADAIR

639 PM          LATIMER      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF
                             WILBURTON

658 PM          MAYES        QUARTER SIZE HAIL 4.5 MILES NORTH OF ADAIR
                             ON HIGHWAY 69

710 PM          CRAIG        DIME SIZE HAIL AT WHITE OAK

650 PM          CRAIG        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
                             OF BIG CABIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware	51 min
May 2, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	33 min
May 2, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	27 min
May 2, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	61 min
May 2, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair	60 min
May 2, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	58 min
May 2, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore	59 min
May 2, 8:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Craig	4 hr

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.