Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Norman, OK

March 13, 1990Caddo County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 3:15 PM CST for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1990, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1990, 4:00 PM CST
In force
45 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, Mar 13, 10:32 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:34 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 10:40 AM CST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:33 PM CST, 42 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:34 PM CST, 41 minutes before
TXZ019-20-132130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
225 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM
CST THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AT 220 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE RADIDLY DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN
INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN WICHITA AND WILBARGER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF BURKBURNETT AND NEAR VERNON. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO
DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIER THUNDER-
STORMS.

BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis49 min
Mar 13, 8:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woodward63 min
Mar 13, 8:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods41 min
Mar 13, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman67 min
Mar 13, 3:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady58 min
Mar 13, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche48 min
Mar 13, 3:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma48 min
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo60 min
Mar 13, 4:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major63 min
Mar 13, 4:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Grady, McClain58 min
Mar 13, 4:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMcClain32 min
Mar 13, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland54 min
Mar 13, 5:13 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMcClain32 min
Mar 13, 5:31 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMcClain29 min
Mar 13, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNGrant43 min
Mar 13, 5:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton49 min
Mar 13, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie36 min
Mar 13, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland33 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.