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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Norman, OK

June 19, 1992Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1992, 11:31 PM CDT for Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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 19, 1992, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1992, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
59 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 04:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 11:55 PM CDTHail 0.88Seminole, 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, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 906 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 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
906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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 19, 8:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
805 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY
OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 805 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A FAIRVIEW OKLAHOMA...ERICK...
AMARILLO TEXAS LINE. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS APPEAR TO INDICATE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
TO FORM IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT. IF
THIS TREND CONTINUES...IT IS LIKELY THAT ANOTHER WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

AT PRESENT...IT APPEARS THAT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY
SEVERE...MAY MOVE INTO HARDEMAN AND FOARD COUNTIES BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100
PM AND INTO WICHITA COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEATHER CHANGES BY KEEPING INFORMED WITH NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200253-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
853 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY
OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 853 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A RINGWOOD OKLAHOMA...HOBART...
SILVERTON TEXAS LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF CHILDRESS NEAR
WELLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CHILDRESS CONTINUES TO BE ON TRACK FOR
MOVING INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND 930 PM. PRESENT
INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THIS STORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AS
IT APPROACHES HARDEMAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS DANGEROUS
STORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ019-020-200253-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT 1ST PARAGRAPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
853 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY
OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

AT 853 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER
STORMS...SOME SEVERE...ALONG AND WEST OF A RINGWOOD OKLAHOMA...HOBART...
SILVERTON TEXAS LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF CHILDRESS NEAR
WELLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF CHILDRESS CONTINUES TO BE ON TRACK FOR
MOVING INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND 930 PM. PRESENT
INDICATIONS SHOW TXHAT THIS STORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEAR SEVERE LIMITS AS
IT APPROACHES HARDEMAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS DANGEROUS
STORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble38 min
Jun 19, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay57 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey40 min
Jun 19, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne53 min
Jun 19, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble49 min
Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon51 min
Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPayne36 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne44 min
Jun 19, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble63 min
Jun 19, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne66 min
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer50 min
Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa52 min
Jun 19, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo42 min
Jun 19, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson49 min
Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan60 min
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady45 min
Jun 19, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens69 min
Jun 19, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie59 min
Jun 20, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter58 min
Jun 20, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc42 min
Jun 20, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon63 min
Jun 20, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa40 min
Jun 20, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman54 min
Jun 20, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche44 min
Jun 20, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton45 min
Jun 20, 6:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer48 min
Jun 20, 7:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.