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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Norman, OK

June 1, 1990Greer County, Jackson County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 8:55 AM CDT for Greer County, Jackson County, Kiowa 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
Jun 1, 1990, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 9:10 AM CDTHail 1.75Jackson, 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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-517 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer67 min
May 31, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer49 min
May 31, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon61 min
May 31, 9:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon3 hr
May 31, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon54 min
May 31, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer64 min
May 31, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson63 min
May 31, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGreer, Jackson2 hr
May 31, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman63 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.