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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 298, NWS Norman, OK

May 29, 1990Caddo County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 3:29 PM CDT for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1990, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1990, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Caddo County, OK

The radar

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

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

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:56 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:59 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
OKZALL-301200-

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK...CORRECTED DATE
255 PM CDT MON MAY 28 1990

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM...

OTHERWISE...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA...WEST OF A LINE FROM ALVA
...TO EL RENO...TO WAURIKA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDS AS FAR EAST AS TULSA...MCALESTER...AND DURANT.

A VERY STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE WAS MOVING THROUGH NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
ENTER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...THE WINDS
ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL INCREASE AND CREATE A WIND STRUCTURE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.

AT THE SURFACE A WARM FRONT WAS DEVELOPING ALONG THE RED RIVER AND A
DRYLINE WAS PUSHING RAPIDLY EASTWARD THROUGH WEST TEXAS. THE AIRMASS
WAS DESTABILIZING QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AS WARM MOIST AIR FLOWED
INTO THE REGION FROM SOUTH TEXAS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED FROM WESTERN OKLAHOMA
INTO SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS
LIKELY OVER OKLAHOMA THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE NEW MEXICO STORM SYSTEM
APPROACHES...THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD AND THE DRYLINE PUSHES EAST.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREASTEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 40.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL MONITOR THE RAPIDLY
CHANGING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
AS NECESSARY.

RESIDENTS SHOULD RlEMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR
WARNINGS AFFECTING THEIR AREA.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:00 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
TXZ020-019-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
300 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS INCLUDING THE
COUNTIES OF
ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY..FOARD..HARDEMAN..KNOX..WICHITA..WILBARGER AND
YOUNG UNTIL 10 PM CDT AND INCLUDES COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
UNTIL 9PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

IN OKLAHOMA SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE RED RIVER NEAR
CHILDRESS TO NORTH OF ALTUS TO NEAR PONCA CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

IN TEXAS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH TORNADOES THE PREVIOUS
HOUR..WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF AMARILLO TO LUBBOCK TO SOUTH OF
MIDLAND. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WATCH UPDATES THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9PM CDT FOR THIS PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST TEXAS..SOME SEVERE
WITH TORNADOES..THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS THIS
PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAL SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
2THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 29, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
325 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990

TIME     COUNTY         EVENT
245  PM   KIOWA         60-80 MPH WINDS..LIMBS BLOWN OFF TREES 6 MILES
                   +     NORTH OF LONE WOLF
300  PM   WASHITA       QUARTER SIZE HAIL 2 MILES EAST AND 1 MILE NORTH
                        OF ROCKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon39 min
May 29, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer56 min
May 29, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita52 min
May 29, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa28 min
May 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita60 min

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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.