Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 16, 1990, 7:30 PM CST for Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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, 7:30 PM CST (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1990, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kiowa 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, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Washita, OK | |
| Jan 16, 8:10 PM CST | Hail 1 | Kiowa, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOKC 170135 SVROKC OKC075-149-170215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 730 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...KIOWA COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHITA COUNTY AT 730 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GOTEBO TO HOBART TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBART MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 PH. HAIL NEAR ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN HOBART. 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.
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
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 4:18 PM CST, 3 hours 12 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, 2 hours 14 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, 1 hour 3 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.
Local storm report, Jan 16, 7:07 PM CST, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT DELAYED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 705 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 TIME(CST) COUNTY EVENT 648 PM GREER NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT MANGUM
Local storm report, Jan 16, 7:18 PM CST, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 717 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 TIME(CST) COUNTY EVENT 703 PM GREER DIME SIZE HAIL AT GRANITE
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 7:25 PM CST, 5 minutes before
TXZ019-020-170230 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 720 PM CST TUE JAN 16 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR FOARD... ...WILBARGER AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES. WICHITA AND THE COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 720 PM NO PRECIPITATION WAS SHOWN IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR HOBART TO EAST OF GAGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 51 min |
| Jan 16, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 43 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.