Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT for Jackson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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 13, 1992, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
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 13, 4:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
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LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 455 PM WED MAY 13 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT 454 PM COAL QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LEHIGH
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
OKC005-029-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 501 PM CDT WED MAY 13 1992 AT 5 00 PM DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES UP TO 2.6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANE. THE STORMS LOCATED IN ATOKA AND COAL COUNTIES WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN OTHER LOCATIONS AND MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DON'T DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS...REMEMBER IT ONLY TAKES 1 TO 2 FEET OF FLOWING WATER TO LIFT AND CARRY AN AVERAGE CAR OR TRUCK. JKP
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 64 min |
| May 13, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 57 min |
| May 13, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 13, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 62 min |
| May 13, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 58 min |
| May 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 64 min |
| May 13, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 58 min |
| May 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 64 min |
| May 14, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 63 min |
| May 14, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 70 min |
| May 14, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 46 min |
| May 14, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.