Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1986, 10:31 AM CDT for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1986, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1986, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washita County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 11:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washita, OK | |
| May 14, 11:40 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washita, OK |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 8:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
830 AM CDT WED 14 MAY 1986
...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
AT 830AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPING FROM WEST
OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR CHILDRESS TO SOUTH OF AMARILLO.
A POTENTNTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED AND IS
BECOMING MORE CRITICAL AS TIME PASSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND MAKE SHELTER PLANS NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE
HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..DAMAGING WIND..AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL
BECOME MORE MUNEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS
SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW. MONITER YOUR RADIO..TELEVISION..OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
.Local storm report, May 14, 8:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KOKC 131716
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
855 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986
TIME COUNTY EVENT
318-325AM CANADIAN-KINFISHER DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT OKARCHE AND
JUST WEST OF OKARCHE(ON COUNTY LINE)
315AM KINGFISHER QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST NORTHWEST OF
OKARCHELocal storm report, May 14, 10:12 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
KOKC 131716
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1008 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986
TIME COUNTY EVENT
0500 AM KINGFISHER QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CASHION
1005 AM BECKHAM DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AT AND JUST
SOUTH OF CARTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 102 min |
| May 14, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 84 min |
| May 14, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 40 min |
| May 14, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 45 min |
| May 14, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 40 min |
| May 14, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 42 min |
| May 14, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 66 min |
| May 14, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Canadian | 29 min |
| May 14, 11:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 56 min |
| May 14, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 61 min |
| May 14, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 63 min |
| May 14, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 57 min |
| May 14, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 60 min |
| May 14, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 20 min |
| May 14, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 62 min |
| May 14, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 46 min |
| May 14, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 47 min |
| May 14, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 46 min |
| May 14, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 39 min |
| May 14, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 40 min |
| May 14, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 51 min |
| May 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 59 min |
| May 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 50 min |
| May 14, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 26 min |
| May 14, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 26 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Jackson | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 58 min |
| May 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| May 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 30 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 62 min |
| May 14, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 57 min |
| May 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 45 min |
| May 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 32 min |
| May 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 50 min |
| May 14, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 42 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 53 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 53 min |
| May 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 57 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 36 min |
| May 14, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 35 min |
| May 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 58 min |
| May 14, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 53 min |
| May 14, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 38 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 65 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, Stephens | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.