Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 16, 1990, 6:54 PM CST for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
- Jan 16, 1990, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1990, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Custer, OK | |
| Jan 16, 7:00 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Washita, OK | |
| Jan 16, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | 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, 0.9 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
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jan 16, 1:48 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
147 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990
TIME(CST) COUNTY EVENT
115 PM ALFALFA NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN ALINE
115 PM ALFALFA QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH
OF ALINELocal storm report, Jan 16, 3:18 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
314 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990
TIME(CST) COUNTY EVENT
107 PM MAJOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORIENTALocal storm report, Jan 16, 4:12 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 410 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 TIME(CST) COUNTY EVENT 320 PM COMANCHE DIME SIZE HAIL AT CHATTANOOGA
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ019-020-162330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 415 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ARCHER ...HARDEMAN...MONTAGUE...YOUNG...BAYLOR...CLAY...JACK...FOARD...KNOX ...WILBARGER AND WICHITA COUNTIES. AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM OKLAHOMA CITY TO WICHITA FALLS SOUTH TO NEAR BRECKENRIDGE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM CHILDRESS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 5:16 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
TXZ019-020-170030 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 517 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ARCHER ...HARDEMAN...MONTAGUE...YOUNG...BAYLOR...CLAY...JACK...FOARD...KNOX ...WILBARGER AND WICHITA COUNTIES. AT 455 PM RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR BINGER OKLAHOMA TO JUST EAST OF WICHITA FALLS TO NEAR POSSUM KINGDOM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF CHILDRESS EXTENDING NOTH INTO FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEAN&S CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 6:27 PM CST, 27 minutes before
TXZ019-020-170130 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 620 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ARCHER ...HARDEMAN...MONTAGUE...YOUNG...BAYLOR...CLAY...JACK...FOARD...KNOX ...WILBARGER AND WICHITA COUNTIES. AT 620 PM RADAR SHOWS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HOLLIS OKLAHOMA TO NEAR PUTNAM OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF DALLAS EXTENDING NORTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVEREs WEATHER TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 41 min |
| Jan 16, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| Jan 16, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 43 min |
| Jan 16, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 45 min |
| Jan 16, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 60 min |
| Jan 16, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 63 min |
| Jan 16, 9:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 34 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.