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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Norman, OK

April 16, 1992Jackson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 5:20 PM CDT for Jackson 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: Apr 16, 1992, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 16, 6:00 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Jackson, 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 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

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

TXZ019-020-162145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
345 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COTTON COUNTY
OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN
AND FOARD COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 335 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CHILDRESS...HOBART...PERCELL OKLAHOMA
LINE. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVNING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH WITH TIME.

PERSONS IN HARDEMAN COUNTY MAY EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM TYPE WEATHER
CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWQO HOURS. UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
PREVAIL ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A STATIONARY...
DISSIPATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA HAS AIDED IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS REGION.

Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
342 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

TIME(CDT)       COUNTY         REPORT

245 PM          CADDO          QUARTER-SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF
       [                        CARNEGIE
329 PM          HARMON         GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL IN HOLLIS

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

TXZ019-020-162245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
445 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR COTTON COUNTY
OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN
AND FOARD COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 440 PM WICHITA FALLS RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS
GENERALLY ALONG OR NORTH OF A CHILDRESS...LAWTON AND WEWOKA OKLAHOMA.
MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS TOWARDS THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT TOWARDS THE
SOUTH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED WEST AND NORTH OF CHILDRESS...
NEAR HOBART AND CHICKASHA.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAS PERSISTED BETWEEN
ABILINE AND STEPHENSVILLE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.

THIS SECTION NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
LATTER TONIGHT.

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
507 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

TIME(CDT)       COUNTY         REPORT

315 PM          GRADY          DIME SIZE HAIL AT NINNEKAH HIGH SCHOOL.

345 PM          GREER          ONE INCH HAIL 1 1/2 S OF MANGUM.

410 PM          GRADY          HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.

417 PM          LINCOLN        DIME SIZE HAIL IN JACKTOWN.

428 PM          GRADY          DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.

430 PM          KIOWA          DIME SIZE HAIL 2 N AND 3/4 E OF
                               COOPERTON.

434 PM          GRADY          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA.
                               DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2-3 INCHES
                               DEEP.

503 PM          GRADY          2-3 FEET OF WATER ACROSS SEVERAL STREETS
                               IN CHICKASHA.

Local storm report, Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
516 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992

TIME(CDT)       COUNTY         REPORT

428 PM          OKLAHOMA       NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN DEL CITY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	51 min
Apr 16, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	44 min
Apr 16, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	47 min
Apr 16, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	41 min
Apr 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	51 min
Apr 16, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	56 min
Apr 16, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	46 min
Apr 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	49 min
Apr 16, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	44 min
Apr 16, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	54 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	52 min
Apr 16, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	46 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	45 min
Apr 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	47 min
Apr 16, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Apr 16, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	42 min
Apr 16, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	49 min
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	46 min
Apr 16, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche	4 hr
Apr 16, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Apr 16, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Grady	45 min
Apr 16, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	46 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.