Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Sep 13, 1989, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)

Expired

Sep 13, 1989, 4:15 AM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Johnston County, OK, Marshall County, OK

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TTAA00 KOKC 130830
SVROKC
OKC069-095-130915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 AM CDT WED SEP 13 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY...MARSHALL COUNTY
 
AT 325 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR MANNSVILLE TO OAKLAND TO LEBANON MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT
35 MILES PER HOUR. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH MAY BE EXPECTED ALONG
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH
RAVIA...TISHOMINGO...MADILL...AND THE NORTHERN PART OF LAKE TEXOMA BY
415 AM.
 
 
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.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1023 PM CDT TUE SEP 12 1989

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT NORTH OF A HASKELL TO MONTAGUE
LINE. THE CITIES OF WICHITA FALLS...HASKELL...HENRIETTA...MONTAGUE...
ARCHER CITY AND SEYMOUR ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WAS WEST OF THE AREA MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE WATCH AREA.

AT 1020 CDT RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA FROM EAST
OF LUBBOCK TO CROWELL  NORTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA TO NEAR MCALESTER.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN THE CROWELL AREA.

RAI N IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE WICHITA FALLS AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE.

MONITER YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
135 AM CDT WED SEP 13 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EXPIRES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS NEAR ADDINGTON AT 1249 MOVED EASTWARD
AND WEAKENED...AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL NOT BE
REISSUED. AT 130 AM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
ACROSS JEFFERSON AND CARTER COUNTIES...ROUGHLY FROM RATLIFF CITY TO
GRADY. VERY HEAVYj RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MURRAY...CARTER...AND LOVE
COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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

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.