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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Norman, OK

June 5, 1992Beckham County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 9:44 PM CDT for Beckham County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
Jun 5, 1992, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1992, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Beckham County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 9:50 PM CDTHail 1Beckham, 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, Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 9:12 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
910 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES...FOARD...HARDEMAN AND WILBARGER.

JUST AFTER 9 PM CDT...A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
FROM JUST NORTH OF THE RED RIVER FROM NORTHEAST OF VERNON INTO THE
LAWTON VICINITY...MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OUT OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH THE LEADING EDGE GENERALLY ALONG OR WEST OF
A GAGE...WELLINGTON...MEMPHIS LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.

WITH UERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ACROSS THIS SECTION OF
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTY AREA TONIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:24 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
925 PM FRI JUN 5 1992

TIME(CDT)/DATE        COUNTY        LOCATION / REPORT

901 PM                TILLMAN  N     GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN FREDERICK

902 PM                TILLMAN       QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR FREDERICK.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman57 min
Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham53 min
Jun 5, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon54 min
Jun 5, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman64 min
Jun 5, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita63 min
Jun 5, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady52 min
Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Stephens64 min
Jun 5, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward41 min
Jun 5, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens54 min
Jun 5, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Stephens39 min
Jun 6, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray49 min
Jun 6, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole45 min
Jun 6, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw41 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.