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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Norman, OK

June 10, 1989Woods County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 9:35 PM CDTHail 1Woods, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2178 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1989-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant46 min
Jun 10, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods49 min
Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield43 min
Jun 10, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant61 min
Jun 10, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield61 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson58 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant3 hr
Jun 10, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant61 min
Jun 10, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods75 min
Jun 10, 10:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods3 hr
Jun 10, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant64 min
Jun 10, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant61 min
Jun 11, 1:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant4 hr
Jun 11, 5:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant3 hr

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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.