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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Norman, OK

June 6, 1989Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1989, 10:58 PM CDT for Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 6, 1989, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1989, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, 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
Jun 6, 11:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Roger Mills, OK
Jun 6, 11:05 PM CDTHail 1Dewey, OK
Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDTHail 0.88Custer, 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 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 00:00Z on 1989-06-07Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1989-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
451 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, Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER WERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
745 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THIS
SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COUNTIES UNTIL MID NIGHT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD...
HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PERSONS
IN KNOX COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR NORTHEAST MOVEMENT AND WERE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF HARDEMAN...FOARD...BAYLOR AND KNOC COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...AS THE THUNDERS0TORMS MOVED CLOSER TO THE WICHITA
FALLS AREA THEY HAVE WEAKEN. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY WAS STILL CAPABLE
OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. STRAIGHT LINE
WIND TO 50 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER WERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
820 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THIS
SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COUNTIES UNTIL MID NIGHT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD...
HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED CLOSER TO THE WICHITA FALLS AREA. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING NEAR VERNON...LAKE KEMP AND NEAR
OLNEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE ABOVE MENTIONED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NOT CONSIDERED
SEVERE. THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR INDICATED ONLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF BUT GUSTY WIND SHOULD BE EXPECTED
IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS NEAR ABILINE AND NEAR LAKE
TEXHOMA.

EARLIER...ONLY PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NORTHWEST OF MUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER WERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
905 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THIS
SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COUNTIES UNTIL MID NIGHT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD...
HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

A LARGE AREA OF RAINSHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS OBSERVED
BY THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR MOSTLY OCCURRING TO THE SOUTH. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE RED RIVER NORTH WEST OF WICHITA
FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING THROUGH THIS SECTION
OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS HAD COUSED THUNDERSTORMS TO WEAKEN
AS THEY MOVED EAST INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY.

HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTE'M WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH
COLORADO AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS LATTER TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:09 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall46 min
Jun 6, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills44 min
Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills47 min
Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills51 min
Jun 6, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham28 min
Jun 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis53 min
Jun 6, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita40 min
Jun 6, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCuster, Washita34 min
Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham26 min
Jun 6, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills53 min
Jun 6, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis34 min
Jun 6, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita46 min
Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa30 min
Jun 6, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa50 min
Jun 6, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo42 min
Jun 6, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche41 min
Jun 7, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens40 min
Jun 7, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson43 min
Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman3 hr
Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJackson3 hr
Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Love3 hr
Jun 7, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman51 min
Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman46 min
Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton39 min
Jun 7, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson42 min
Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman46 min
Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Jun 7, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Kiowa, Washita50 min
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNOklahoma4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Kiowa, Washita4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer4 hr
Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher4 hr
Jun 7, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa52 min
Jun 7, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche52 min
Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens44 min
Jun 7, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter47 min
Jun 7, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens50 min
Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter48 min
Jun 7, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens3 hr
Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson47 min
Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall40 min
Jun 7, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love50 min
Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall48 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston55 min
Jun 7, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall46 min
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw40 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.