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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Norman, OK

March 13, 1990Custer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 10:26 PM CST for Custer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 1990, 10:26 PM CST (04:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 1990, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Custer 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.7

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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

Local storm report, Mar 13, 7:24 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
724 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

...STORM REPORTS FOR THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 13TH...

TIME(CST)  COUNTY         EVENT

510 PM     GRADY          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 SOUTHWEST OF BLANCHARD
556 PM     OKLAHOMA       QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA CO.
600 PM     JEFFERSON      TORNADO 5 WEST OF WAURIKA
603 PM     JEFFERSON      GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN WAURIKA
605 PM     GRANT          HOME DESTROYED IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY
610 PM     CLEVELAND      POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHEASTERN CLEVELAND CO.
637 PM     POTTAWATOMIE   FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SOUTHWEST OF MEEKER
630 PM     JEFFERSON      TORNADO 5 NORTHEAST OF WAURIKA
640 PM     LINCOLN        FUNNEL CLOUD 1 SOUTHEST OF FOWLER
643 PM     LINCOLN        FALLING DEBRIS AND FUNNEL CLOUD AT JACKTOWN
647 PM     LINCOLN        QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 SOUTH OF MEEKER
649 PM     OKLAHOMA       DIME SIZE HAIL 2 SOUTH OF TINKER AFB

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:04 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

TXZ019-20-140300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
805 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN REDEFINED AND NOW INCLUDES WICHITA AND THE
SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM...YOUNG COUNTY UNTIL 2 AM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WICHITA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 8 PM.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN IOWA PARK AT 715 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL FELL
AT THE WEATHER SERVICE JUST BEFORE 8 PM . WE HAVE RECEIVED ALMOST AN
INCH OF RAIN SINCE THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 8 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS JUST
WEST OF TRUSCOTT. OTHER STORMS WERE NEAR BURKBURNETT AND EAST OF LAWTON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 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.

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:33 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

OKC141-140400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
829 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING TILLMAN COUNTY...

AT 828 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN TEXAS 15 MILES WEST
OF DAVIDSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN SOUTHERN TILLMAN COUNTY DURING THE
NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. THIS STORM MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO IN
WILBARGER COUNTY IN NORTH TEXAS.

RESIDENTS OF TILLMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH
OF THIS STORM.

Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:20 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
920 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

   TIME OF
  OCCURRENCE      COUNTY                EVENT

426 PM CST     ARCHER   QUARTER HAIL 1 EAST OF HOLLIDAY
428 PM CST     WICHITA  QUARTER HAIL AT SW PARKWAY AND SISK WICHITA FALLS
429 PM CST     WICHITA  QUARTER HAIL AT MEMORIAL STADIUM WICHITA FALLS
432 PM CST     WICHITA  DIME HAIL AT COORS BUILDING ON KELL
433 PM CST     WICHITA  NICKLE HAIL AT FAIRWAY AND KELL WICHITA FALLS
446 PM CST     CLAY     QUARTER HAIL HIWAY ON HIWAY 240 SOUTHWEST OF DEAN
454 PM CST     WICHITA  QUARTER HAIL 10TH AND BLUFF WICHITA FALLS
535 PM CST     CLAY     QUARTER HAIL AT BYERS
549 PM CST     YOUNG    SPOTTERS REPORT TORNADO W OF NEWCASTLE ON THE
                        BRAZOS RIVER
608 PM CST     WICHITA  NICKLE SIZE HAIL IN IOWA PARK
650 PM CST     WICHITA  DIME SIZE HAIL AT KAMAY
701 PM CST     WICHITA  NICKLE HAIL AT KADANE CORNER
715 PM CST     WICHITA  QUAtRTER HAIL IN IOWA PARK

830 PM CST  WILBARGER    BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT LOCKETT SEVERELY
                         DAMAGED A PICKUP
848 PM CST  WILBARGER    GOLFBALL HAIL NORTH OF VERNON ON BOND RANCH

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 9:42 PM CST, 44 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	29 min
Mar 13, 6:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	37 min
Mar 13, 6:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	34 min
Mar 13, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Stephens	60 min
Mar 13, 6:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	33 min
Mar 13, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	41 min
Mar 13, 7:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	41 min
Mar 13, 7:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	65 min
Mar 13, 7:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	57 min
Mar 13, 7:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	29 min
Mar 13, 7:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Stephens	56 min
Mar 13, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin	38 min
Mar 13, 8:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin	42 min
Mar 13, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	48 min
Mar 13, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	48 min
Mar 13, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	67 min
Mar 13, 9:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	55 min
Mar 13, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	69 min
Mar 13, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	57 min
Mar 13, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	64 min
Mar 13, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	64 min
Mar 13, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	47 min
Mar 14, 12:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	53 min
Mar 14, 1:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	37 min
Mar 14, 2:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	30 min
Mar 14, 2:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	26 min
Mar 14, 4:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Pontotoc	35 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.