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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK

October 29, 1989Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 1989, 4:42 PM CST for Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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
Oct 29, 1989, 4:42 PM CST (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 1989, 5:15 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Kiowa 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
Oct 29, 4:46 PM CSTTornado F0Kiowa, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1989-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1989-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 3:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson28 min
Oct 29, 4:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa30 min
Oct 29, 4:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson44 min
Oct 29, 5:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman59 min
Oct 29, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa53 min
Oct 29, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche53 min
Oct 29, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita46 min
Oct 29, 5:36 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNTillman39 min
Oct 29, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNWashita30 min

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.