Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 5:41 PM CST for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1990, 5:41 PM CST (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1990, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cotton County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOKC 132342 SVROKC OKC033-140030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 541 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...COTTON COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DEVOL AND NEAR RANDLETT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. QUARTER-SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS IN NORTH TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, 2:05 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 200 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 AT 155 PM CST THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDER STORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN WICHITA AND CENTRAL WILBARGER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF ELECTRA AND TO THE SOUTH WEST OF OKLAUNION. THESE STORMS ARE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONGh WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:33 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
OKZALL-132200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 230 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA UNTIL 9 PM... AT 230 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA NEAR FREDERICK AND WEST OF WALTERS. THESE STORMS DEVELOPED EXPLOSIVELY DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WIND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS ALSO FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WITH A FEW OF THE SEVERE STORMS. PERSONS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATINAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:34 PM CST, 3 hours 7 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.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:20 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ019-20-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 320 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM CST THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 320 PM CST A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF LAKE KICKAPOO... NEAR MEGARGEL. THIS STORM WAS BUILDING RAPIDLY AND MAY CONTAIN SOME HAIL STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE IN OKLAHOMA SOUTH OF LAWTON AND NORTHEAST OF FREDERICK. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 3:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Grady, McClain | 58 min |
| Mar 13, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | McClain | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 54 min |
| Mar 13, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | McClain | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 5:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | McClain | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grant | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.