Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1987, 6:13 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Logan County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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
- May 21, 1987, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, OK, Logan 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:24 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Logan, OK | |
| May 21, 6:37 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Oklahoma, OK | |
| May 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Logan, OK | |
| May 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Logan, OK | |
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Logan, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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, May 21, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 315 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1987 A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MODERATE RISK AREA COVERS THAT PORTION OF OKLAHOMA NORTH AND EAST OF A PONCA CITY...OKLAHOMA CITY...FORT SMITH AR LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA LIES EAST OF AN ALTUS...OKLAHOMA CITY LINE AND WEST OF A DURANT...FORT SMITH AR LINE...AND BORDERS THE MODERATE RISK AREA TO THE NORTH. AT MIDAFTERNOON...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM PONCA CITY TO CHILDRESS TX. A DRY LINE EXTENDS FROM THE FRONT NEAR OKLAHOMA CITY SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH TEXAS TO THE WEST OF ABILENE. THE LOCATION WHERE THE FRONT AND DRYLINE INTERSECT IS CALLED A 'TRIPLE POINT' BY METEOROLOGISTS...AND IS OFTEN A FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPMENT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COVERS THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND DRYLINE. UPPER AIR INFORMATION RECEIVED AROUND 2 PM FROM SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INDICATES THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT QUITE AS EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE AS IT WAS EARLIER TODAY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS STARTING TO FIRE UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT TO OUR NORTHEAST IN MISSOURI...AND TO OUR SOUTH IN TEXAS ALONG THE DRYLINE. SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY STILL EXISTS OVER OKLAHOMA...AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND/OR DRYLINE BY 4 PM. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT...BUT SEVERE ACTuIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT ANYWHERE IN OKLAHOMA NEAR THE FRONT OR DRYLINE. CIVIL DEFENSE AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS IN THE OUTLOOK AREA SHOULD EXPECT TO BE ACTIVATED BY LATE AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:25 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 525 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1987 AT 520 PM THE WICHITA FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING FROM VERNON TO JUST NORTH OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING JUST WEST OF LAKE KEMP AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. AT PRESENT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DOES EXIST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY INTENSITY. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 21, 5:26 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 525 PM CDT THU MAY 21 1987 AT 520 PM THE WICHITA FALLS NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS A FEW PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING FROM VERNON TO JUST NORTH OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE FALLING JUST WEST OF LAKE KEMP AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. AT PRESENT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER DOES EXIST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY INTENSIFY. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 21, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 26 min |
| May 20, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 27 min |
| May 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 56 min |
| May 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 31 min |
| May 21, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher | 52 min |
| May 21, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 40 min |
| May 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 57 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.