Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

March 4, 1992Cleveland County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 1992, 6:24 PM CST for Cleveland County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
Mar 4, 1992, 6:24 PM CST (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 1992, 7:15 PM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Cleveland County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 4, 6:30 PM CSTHail 0.75Cleveland, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 7 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 050027
SVROKC
OKC027-050115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
624 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...CLEVELAND COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CLEVELAND
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE 7TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma51 min
Mar 4, 8:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant37 min
Mar 4, 9:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.