Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK

February 14, 1987Cotton County, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 1987, 6:25 PM CST for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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
Feb 14, 1987, 6:25 PM CST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 1987, 7:10 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson 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
Feb 14, 6:32 PM CSTHail 1.75Cotton, OK
Feb 14, 7:00 PM CSTHail 0.88Jefferson, OK
Feb 14, 7:20 PM CSTHail 1Jefferson, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1987-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 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 1987-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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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
Feb 14, 6:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche45 min
Feb 14, 6:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine45 min
Feb 14, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens45 min
Feb 14, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady45 min
Feb 14, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher45 min
Feb 14, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray45 min
Feb 14, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher50 min
Feb 14, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady50 min
Feb 14, 7:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens52 min
Feb 14, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton50 min
Feb 14, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma55 min
Feb 14, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche48 min
Feb 14, 8:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNGarvin32 min
Feb 14, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo50 min
Feb 14, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin45 min
Feb 14, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie45 min
Feb 14, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan45 min
Feb 14, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin50 min
Feb 14, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady55 min
Feb 14, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain, Pottawatomie60 min
Feb 14, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole60 min
Feb 14, 10:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne40 min
Feb 14, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall55 min
Feb 14, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw40 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.