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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Norman, OK

August 26, 1987Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1987, 5:58 PM CDT for Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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
Aug 26, 1987, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Canadian County, OK, Grady County, OK, Oklahoma 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
Aug 26, 6:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Oklahoma, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 1987-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1119 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 1987-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 196 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman54 min
Aug 26, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain45 min
Aug 26, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady46 min
Aug 26, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.