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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Norman, OK

April 18, 1992Grady County, Oklahoma

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

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 10:10 PM CDTHail 1.75Grady, OK
Apr 18, 10:38 PM CDTHail 1Grady, OK
Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDTHail 0.75Grady, 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer58 min
Apr 18, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Roger Mills54 min
Apr 18, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon43 min
Apr 18, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson33 min
Apr 18, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham38 min
Apr 18, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson42 min
Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman45 min
Apr 18, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita46 min
Apr 18, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman43 min
Apr 18, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter47 min
Apr 18, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain41 min
Apr 19, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer46 min
Apr 19, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland35 min
Apr 19, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.