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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Norman, OK

June 27, 1990Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1990, 3:50 AM CDT for Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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 27, 1990, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1990, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Payne 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 27, 3:55 AM CDTHail 0.75Payne, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3876 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
3876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
34.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 270851
SVROKC
OKC119-270930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
350 AM CDT WED JUN 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...PAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 350 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF
STILLWATER MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 27, 3:03 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
300 AM CDT WED JUN 27 1990

TIME (CDT)   COUNTY            REPORT
220 AM       PAYNE        GOLF BALL HAIL AT PERKINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln41 min
Jun 27, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole49 min
Jun 27, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln41 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.