Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT for Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1992, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1992, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seminole County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 604 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KOKC 060603 SVROKC OKC133-060645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 100 AM CDT SAT JUN 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ...SEMINOLE COUNTY AT 1258 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SEMINOLE TO NEAR KONOWA. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TOWARD WEWOKA...CROMWELL...AND SASAKWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO 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.
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, Jun 5, 9:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 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, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 27 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.Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DIRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1135 PM FRI JUN 5 1992
TIME(CDT)/DATE COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
1032 PM STEPH-ENS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUNCAN.Local storm report, Jun 5, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1135 PM FRI JUN 5 1992 TIME(CDT)/DATE COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT 1112 PM COMANCHE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN STERL/ING. 1140 PM COTTON QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN TEMPLE.
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, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 41 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, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.