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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 1989Blaine County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1989, 2:07 PM CDT for Blaine County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 68 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
Jun 6, 1989, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Blaine 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
Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Blaine, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1989-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1989-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 061909
SVROKC
OKC011-062015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
207 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...BLAINE COUNTY
 
AT 205 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST TO OKEENE TO 20 MILES WEST OF WATONGA. MOVEMENT OF THE LINE
IS TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward59 min
Jun 6, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper51 min
Jun 6, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward68 min
Jun 6, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster52 min
Jun 6, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady49 min
Jun 6, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian50 min
Jun 6, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian34 min
Jun 6, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma65 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady58 min
Jun 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Grady, McClain50 min
Jun 6, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin43 min
Jun 6, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin33 min
Jun 6, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray50 min
Jun 6, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.