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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1989, 9:12 PM CDT for Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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 10, 1989, 9:12 PM CDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1989, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Woods 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Woods, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 2178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 630 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY... FOARD...HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG. THE THUNDERSTORM IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE BAYLOR COUNTY LINE HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROMMINERAL WELLS TO OLNEY TO MUNDAY. MOVEMENT WAS JUST EAST OF NORTH AT NEAR 30 MPH. A WIND FINE LINE/GUST FRONT/WIND SHIFT LINE WAS OBSERVED BY THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR ALONG THE WICHITA/WILBARGER COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS WEST TOWARDS VERNON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS BETWEEN DICKINS AND GUTHRIE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 630 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY... FOARD...HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG. THE THUNDERSTORM IN THROCKMORTON COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE BAYLOR COUNTY LINE HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NOTED FROM MINERAL WELLS TO OLNEY TO MUNDAY. MOVEMENT WAS JUST EAST OF NORTH AT NEAR 30 MPH. A FINE LINE/GUST FRONT/WIND SHIFT LINE WAS OBSERVED BY THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR ALONG THE WICHITA/WILBARGER COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS WEST TOWARDS VERNON. VARIABLE GUSTY WIND TO NEAR 40 MPH MAY OCCUR AS IT PASSES YOUR AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS BETWEEN DICKINS AND GUTHRIE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT NEAR 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 725 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY... FOARD...HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG. THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX SOUTH AND WEST OF WICHITA FALLS HAS SLOWED AND WEAKENED IN THE LAST HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WAS OCCURRING NEAR BREAKENRIDGE...THROCKMORTON...HASKELL...GUTHRIE AND PAHUCAH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED BY THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR WEST OF HASKELL TO GUTHRIE AND MATADOR. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THE WICHITA FALLS AREA MAY ONLY RECEIVE PERIODS OF RAINSHOWERS TOWARDS 9PM CDT. TOMORROW...THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP CLOSER TO THE LOCAL AREA. OUTFLOW WIND FROM THE CURRENT ACTIVITY MAY ACT AS A FOCAL POINT FOR FUTURE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 8:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 825 PM CDT SAT JUN 10 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY... FOARD...HARDEMAN...JACK...KNOX...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG. THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX SOUTH AND WEST OF WICHITA FALLS HAS SLOWED AND WEAKENED IN THE LAST HOUR. SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTY AND PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A RAIN SHIELD CONTINUED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF WICHITA FALLS AND IF IT CONTINUES TO THE MORTH MAY MOVE INTO THE WICHITA F9ALLS AREA IN A COUPLE HOURS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 58 min |
| Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 75 min |
| Jun 10, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Woods | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 1:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Grant | 3 hr |
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.