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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Norman, OK

March 22, 1987Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1987, 9:42 PM CST for Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
Mar 22, 1987, 9:42 PM CST (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1987, 10:30 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Roger Mills 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
Mar 22, 10:00 PM CSTHail 0.88Roger Mills, 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1987-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Mar 22, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
730 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY..FOARD..HARDEMAN..
KNOX..WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTOM WAS IN PROGESS NEAR PADUCAH TEXAS
AND NORTH OF CHILDRESS ALONG THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR HOLLIS
OKLAHOMA.

ANOTHER CLUSTEVR OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOTED
IN THE GAGE OKLAHOMA VICINITY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:33 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
735 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

AT 725 PM...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE
EASTERN PORTIONo OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE NEAR ERICK IN BECKHAM COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:28 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
830 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY..FOARD..HARDEMAN..KNOX
WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

A PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAD ADVANCED TO EAST OF AMARILLO TO THE LUBBUCK
VICINITY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND BETWEEN AMARILLO
AND LUBBUCK.

ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN WESTERN AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:37 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
835 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987]

AT 825 PM...OKLAHOMA CITY RADAR INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTCENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN HARPER AND
WOODS COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN BECKHAM AND ROGER
MILLS COUNTIES IN THE WESTCENTRAL PORTION OF OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT OF OF ALL STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 9:01 PM CST, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis45 min
Mar 22, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNEllis30 min
Mar 22, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNHarper37 min
Mar 22, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNEllis33 min
Mar 22, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills37 min
Mar 22, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNHarper, Woods45 min
Mar 22, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills36 min
Mar 22, 8:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills32 min
Mar 22, 8:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey43 min
Mar 22, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper48 min
Mar 22, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills25 min
Mar 22, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham48 min
Mar 22, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward45 min
Mar 22, 11:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
Mar 23, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson46 min
Mar 23, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa40 min
Mar 23, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne28 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.