Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1992, 10:49 PM CDT for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Woods, OK | |
| Jun 5, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Woodward, 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
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, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
TXZ019-020-060315- 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, 1 hour 25 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.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 9:56 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
955 PM FRI JUN 5 1992
TIME(CDT)/DATE COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
925 PM BECKHAM DIME SIZE HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH AND
1 1/2 MILES WEST OF SAYRE.Special weather statement, Jun 5, 10:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
TXZ019-020-060400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 1000 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... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR HARDEMAN...FOARD...KNOX... BAYLOR...WILBARGER...WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY...JACK...AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 200AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING... BY 10 PM CDT...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE RED RIVER NEAR BURKBURNETT...THE STORNGEST PORTION OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN TILLMAN COUNTY OKLAHOMA...HOWEVER... DOWNDRAFT/OUTFLOW WINDS MAY AFFECT THE EXTREME NORTHERN FRINGES OF WICHITA COUNTY WITH GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST AT 15 MPH. ELSEWHERE...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING GENERALLY ALONG OR WEST OF A HOBART...CHILDRESS...MATADOR LINE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 30 MPH. POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED JUST NORTH AND WEST OF CHILDRESS. IF PRESENT TRENDS CONTINUE...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED OF PERSONS IN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:19 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1015 PM FRI JUN 5 1992
TIME(CDT)/DATE COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
943 PM GREER QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE WEST SIDE
OF MANGUM.
955 PM COMANCHE DIME SIZE HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF
LAWTON.
955 PM KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF LONE
WOLF.
1001 PM KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF
HOBART.
1002 PM KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE: WEST OF
HOBART.Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:33 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1035 PM FRI JUN 5 1992
TIME(CDT)/DATE COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
1032 PM STEPHENS0 BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DUNCAN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 63 min |
| Jun 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Stephens | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Stephens | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 41 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.