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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Norman, OK

March 29, 1988Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1988, 1:16 AM CST for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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 29, 1988, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1988, 2:00 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Hughes 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 29, 1:30 AM CSTHail 0.75Hughes, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 1988-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 1988-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Mar 28, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie33 min
Mar 28, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie29 min
Mar 28, 6:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Comanche, Grady, McClain68 min
Mar 28, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Stephens55 min
Mar 28, 7:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie54 min
Mar 28, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Stephens44 min
Mar 28, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens41 min
Mar 28, 9:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter27 min
Mar 28, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens43 min
Mar 28, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens46 min
Mar 28, 10:50 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOUNStephens4 hr
Mar 28, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens45 min
Mar 28, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray40 min
Mar 29, 12:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray33 min
Mar 29, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc70 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.