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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 413, NWS Norman, OK

September 29, 1986Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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
Sep 29, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Dewey 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 29, 8:28 PM CDTHail 0.75Dewey, 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

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1986-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1549 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1986-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 361 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
1549 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
14.2

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
405 PM CDT MON SEP 29 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 4 PM UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...FOARD...HARDEMAN...WILBARGER AND WICHITA.

AT 400 PM CDT NO PRECIPTATION WAS OCCURRING IN ANY OF THE ABOVE
COUNTIES. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS SOME VERY HEAVY WERE DEVELOPING
IN AREA SOME 30 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH OF LUBBOCK TO NEAR WELLINGTON
IN THE SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. ALL
PRECIPITATION MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEAR 20 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STATEMEN$TS WILL BE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor53 min
Sep 29, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills55 min
Sep 29, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham59 min
Sep 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods61 min
Sep 29, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster58 min
Sep 29, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita59 min
Sep 29, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield59 min
Sep 29, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant53 min
Sep 29, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay57 min
Sep 29, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher37 min
Sep 30, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.