Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1992, 9:51 PM CDT for Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 3 reports 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 18, 1992, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grady County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Grady, OK | |
| Apr 18, 10:38 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Grady, OK | |
| Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Grady, 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 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 18, 4:51 PM CDT, 5 hours before
TXZ019-020-182245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 445 PM CDT SAT APR 18 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD...HARDEMAN ...KNOX...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG AND COTTON COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA... AT 445 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND GIRARD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE/COLD FRONT THAT WAS FROM CHILDRESS TO EAST OF LUBBOCK TO EAST OF MIDLAND. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 5:51 PM CDT, 4 hours before
TXZ019-020-182350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 550 PM CDT THU APR 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX...WILBARGER...BAYLOR... WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY AND INCLUDES COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 550 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF GAGE OKLAHOMA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO WHEELER TO WEST OF CHILDRESS TEXAS. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF ROCHESTER IN HASKELL COUNTY TO ROTAN AND SOUTH OF HASKELL. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF HARDEMAN COUNTY MAY SEE STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THE LINE CONTINUES TO BUILD SOUTHWARD. RESIDENTS OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO THAKE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR WARNING ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
TXZ019-020-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 700 PM CDT SAT APR 18 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX...WILBARGER...BAYLOR... WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY AND INCLUDES COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 700 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WOODWARD OKLAHOMA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO HOLLIS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TO NEAR CHILDRESS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR HOLLIS OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE LINE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTHEAST OF HASKELL SOUTHWEST TO STAMFORD WHICH IS NORTH OF ABILENE. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT INTENSIFIED OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS OVER HASKELL COUNTY AND CONTINUE TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. HOWEVER...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EAST TEXAS PANHANDLE CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO BUILD SOUTHWARD. HARDEMAN COUNTY RESIDENTS MAY SEE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THIS INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR WARNING ISSUED.
Local storm report, Apr 18, 9:16 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Roger Mills | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harmon | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.