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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Norman, OK

May 11, 1992Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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
May 11, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Kay County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 5:50 PM CDTHail 2Kay, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 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

Local storm report, May 11, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM MON MAY 11 1992

DELAYED REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MAY 10, 1992...

TIME(CDT)        COUNTY       LOCATION / REPORT

320 PM          BECKHAM      HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN ERICK.

700 PM          CADDO        NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 NE OF ANADARKO.

445 PM          LOGAN        NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1/2 N OF CO. LINE AND 2 W
                             OF HWY 77.

430 PM          CANADIANt     DIME SIZE HAIL 5 ENE OF EL RENO.
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
OKC083-112030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM FOR
LOGAN COUNTY HAS BEENR CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY.
Special weather statement, May 11, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ019-020-112130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
326 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF
SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES ARCHER...CLAY...JACK...MONTAGUE AND YOUNG...

AT 325 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
SEVERE...BETWEEN MUSKOGEE AND MARIETTA OF OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM EAST OF DECATUR EXTENDING
SOUTHWEST TO MINERAL WELLS. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS WELL EAST OF THE WICHITA FALLS
AREA. MONTAGUE AND JACK COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT TO RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Local storm report, May 11, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
436 PM MON MAY 11 1992

TIME(CDT)        COUNTY       LOCATION / REPORT

200 PM           JEFFERSON    QUARTER SIZED HAIL 2 S OF OSCAR.

2145 PM           LOVE         NICKEL SIZED HAIL 9 S OF WILSON.
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:02 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
TXZ019-020-112300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
500 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992

...A TORNOAD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT...ARCHER...CLAY...JACK...MONTAGUE...AND YOUNG.

NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED
COUNTIES...HOWEVER...A SCATTERING OF RAINSHOWERS AND POSSIBLE
THUNDERSHOWERS WERE NOTED NORTH OF THE DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX.

IN THE SOONER STATE...SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING
ALONG AND NORTH OF THE RED RIVER NEAR LAKE TEXOMA...EXTENDING
NORTHEAST INTO THE MCALESTER VICINITY.

MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 11, 5:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble63 min
May 10, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady49 min
May 10, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma54 min
May 10, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield48 min
May 10, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma66 min
May 10, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble60 min
May 10, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie57 min
May 11, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole45 min
May 11, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray53 min
May 11, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc31 min
May 11, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson51 min
May 11, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne60 min
May 11, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson60 min
May 11, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc50 min
May 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes60 min
May 11, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove69 min
May 11, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Murray68 min
May 11, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc45 min
May 11, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes45 min
May 11, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove, Marshall64 min
May 11, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCoal45 min
May 11, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka36 min
May 11, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan48 min
May 11, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal60 min
May 11, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay68 min
May 11, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka55 min
May 11, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay47 min
May 11, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan42 min
May 11, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall54 min
May 11, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha69 min
May 11, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw61 min
May 11, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan47 min
May 11, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha47 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.