Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 307, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 9:40 PM CDT for Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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
- May 29, 1990, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleveland County, OK, Oklahoma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Cleveland, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 18 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 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, May 29, 4:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
440 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990
TIME COUNTY EVENT
215 PM GREER 6 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE DIME SIZE HAIL AND
60-70 MPH WINDS
215 PM BECKHAM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTER QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND 60-70 MPH WINDS
230 PM WASHITA 60-70 MPH WINDS AT SENTINEL
236 PM KIOWA 90 MPH WIND MEASURED AT HOBART RADIO STATION
ROOF DAMAGE TO MEDICAL CENTER AND RADIO TOWER
WAS DAMAGED
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 ROCKYSpecial weather statement, May 29, 6:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
OKZALL-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 630 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
OKZALL-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO 3RD PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 630 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990 ...TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 630 PM CDT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO TO SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. A DRY LINE EXTENDED FROM THE LOW SOUTHEASTWARD TO BETWEEN LUBBOCK AND CHILDRESS, TEXAS... THEN BACK SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE DUE TO MID LEVEL COOLING WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND STRONG SURFACE HEATING HAS SUPPORTED MIXING OF STRONG WINDS FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE DOWNWARD...WITH A CONSEQUENT STRENGTHENING OF THE SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. AS A RESULT...THE DRYLINE HAS ACCELERATED EASTWARD THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE DURING THE PAST TWO TO THREE HOURS. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL COOL AND STABILIZE IN THE DRY AIR OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THE STRONG PUSH ON THE DRYLINE WILL DIMINISH. FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS...HOWEVER...THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE JUST IN ADVANCE OF THE DRYLINE OVER THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE DRYLINE WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA...AS WELL. LATER THIS EVENING...THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY WILL PUSH EASTWARD...BUT THE THREAT OF TORNADIC STORMS WILL DIMINISH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE THUNDERSTORM AREA GRADUALLY ADVANCES EASTWARD ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND MAY BE EXTENDED WESTWARD LATER THIS EVENING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FORu LATER UPDATES AND WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 3 hr |
| May 29, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 49 min |
| May 29, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 53 min |
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 25 min |
| May 29, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 58 min |
| May 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa | 42 min |
| May 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 60 min |
| May 29, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain | 65 min |
| May 29, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 53 min |
| May 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 29, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 54 min |
| May 30, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 30, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 40 min |
| May 30, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 30, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 39 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.