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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Norman, OK

May 22, 1992Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1992, 5:07 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 68 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 22, 1992, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Woodward County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 5:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Woodward, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1992-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1043 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper68 min
May 22, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham62 min
May 22, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper53 min
May 22, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills60 min
May 22, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward60 min
May 22, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper65 min
May 22, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills61 min
May 22, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis65 min

Nearby

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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.