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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 1987Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1987, 5:48 PM CDT for Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 15, 1987, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1987, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Grady 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
Jun 15, 6:22 PM CDTHail 1Grady, OK
Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDTHail 0.75Grady, 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 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 1987-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2170 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 12:00Z on 1987-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche40 min
Jun 15, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha50 min
Jun 15, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha48 min
Jun 15, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady45 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha42 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.