Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1989, 9:56 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Custer County, OK, Washita 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 6, 10:12 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Washita, OK | |
| Jun 6, 10:32 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washita, OK | |
| Jun 6, 10:33 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Washita, 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOKC 070259 TOROKC OKC039-149-070330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 956 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...WESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...WESTERN WASHITA COUNTY AT 956 PM THE ELK CITY POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELK CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALSO PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 6:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER WERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 600 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THIS SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ...THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS... THE LEADING EDGE OF AN INTENSE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN PROGRESS FROM HASKELL TO GUTHRIE TO MADATOR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAAT AT 23 MPH. THE HEAVIEST PORTION OF THIS AREA OF ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 25 MILE FURTHER WEST. IF PRESENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND 7PM. THE COUNTIES OF KNOX AND FOARD WILL FEEL THE INITIAL EFFECTS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LATER THIS EVENING...A TORNADO WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE REGION. WIDESPREAD VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WIND...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING SHOULD BE EXPECTED TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER WERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 645 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 NIIGHT...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...JACK...KNOX... MONTAGUE AND YOUNG. A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO EXPAND AND INTENIFY IN THE SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ABILINE AND MADATOR. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS NEAR HASKELL AND GUTHRIE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTH EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO KNOX COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT/MOVE INTO WICHITA COUNTY JUST AFTER SUNSET. BE PREPARED FOR A VERY UNSTABLE EVENING IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LATER TONIGHT...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE SUFFICIANT TO CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE GOUND IS STILL WET FROM WEEKEND RAINS. HOWEVER...THE WICHITA RIVER IS WELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BUT SMALLER FEEDER STREAMS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
735 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1989
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM TUE JUN 6 AS OF 730 PM...
TIME (CDT) COUNTY EVENT
1220 PM HARPER DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 SE OF BUFFALO
/NWS RAINFALL OBSERVER/.
1245 PM WOODWARD 3/4 INCH HAIL 12 S OF WOODWARD /WOODWARD PD/.
112 PM WOODWARD QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2-3 E MOORELAND /WOODWARD CD/.
115 PM DEWEY 1 INCH HAIL IN TALOGA /TALOGA PD/.
336 PM CADDO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS 4 N HINTON
339 PM CADDO 2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 80 MPH WINDS 4 N OF
HINTON.
340 PM CADDO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BRIDGEPORT.
407 PM OKLAHOMA NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT ROCKWELL AND NW HIGHWAY
(11 N OKC WILL ROGERS AIRPORT).
415 PM CANADIAN DIME SIZE HAIL AT I-40 AND CIMMARON RD.
435 PM GRADY QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MINCO /NSSL INTERCEPT/.
435 PM CANADIAN NICKEL AND LARGER HAIL JUST N OF UNION CITY.
433 PM GRADY NICKEL HAIL 1 W OF MINCO /MINCO PD/.
437-442 PM GRADY NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 7 S OF MINCO.
448 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL IN POCASSET.
453 PM GRADY QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN AMBER /GRADY COUNTY CD/.
457-504 PM GRADY QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 N AMBER COVERING GROUND.
506 PM MCCLAIN NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN NEWCASTLE.
508 PM CLEVELAND DIME SIZE AHIL AT I-35 AND MAIN ST IN NORMAN.
514 PM GRADY 55 MPH WINDS 1 W OF TABLER.
520 PM GRADY HEAVY RAIN AND DIME SIZE HAIL 4 E OF TABLER.
547 PM GARVIN HAIL QUARTER SIZE AND LARGER IN LINDSAY
/LINDSAY PD/.
551 PM GARVIN WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH 3 S OF LINDSAY.
553 PM GARVIN DIME SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 ESE OF
LINDSAY.
634 PM GARVIN WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 3 W OF FORT
ARBUCKLE.
638-640 PM GARVIN QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS 1 W OF
FORT ARBUCKLE.
656 PM GARVIN/MURRAY DIME SIZE HAIL ON COUNTY LINE AT I-35 AND
HIGHWAY 7.
656-703 PM MURRAY SEVERAL REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DAVIS.
705 PM MURRAY NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR I-35 IN THE ARBUCKLES
5I S OF DAVIS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED... THE ABOVE REPORTS WERE COLLECTED
COURTESY OF THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY CD SPOTTER NETWORK AND THE OKLAHOMA
AMATEUR RADIO NETWORK.Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 30 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, 47 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Kiowa, Washita | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Kiowa, Washita | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Greer | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 40 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.