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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

March 8, 1992Caddo County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 7:37 PM CST for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 8, 1992, 7:37 PM CST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 1992, 8:30 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Caddo County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 7:49 PM CSTHail 1Caddo, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 1992-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 954 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 1992-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.9

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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, Mar 8, 2:39 PM CST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ019-020-082240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
240 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARDEMAN...FOARD...KNOX...
WILBARGER...BAYLOR...WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY...JACK...
AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 235 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN YOUNG COUNTY
TO THE WEST OF NEWCASTLE ON THE YOUNG AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT
IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MIES PER HOUR AND WILL TAKE THIS POTENTIALLY SERVERE
STORM TO NEAR OLNEY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED OR REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.

CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT DEVELOPES.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 2:41 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ019-020-082240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
240 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARDEMAN...FOARD...KNOX...
WILBARGER...BAYLOR...WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY...JACK...
AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 235 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN YOUNG COUNTY
TO THE WEST OF NEWCASTLE ON THE YOUNG AND THROCKMORTON COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT
IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MIES PER HOUR AND WILL TAKE THIS POTENTIALLY SERVERE
STORM TO NEAR OLNEY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED OR REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.

CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 3:11 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ019-020-082240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
310 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARDEMAN...FOARD...KNOX...
WILBARGER...BAYLOR...WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY...JACK...
AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST...

AT 305 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN YOUNG COUNTY
JUST NORTH OLNEY BORDERING ARCHER COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM AT 30 MILES
PER HOUR  TO THE NORTHEAST WILL TAKE THE STORM INTO ARCHER COUNTY. THIS STORM
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE JUST SOUTH OF OLNEY
AS REPORTED BY THE OLNEY POLICE DEPT.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SSOULD SEEK COVER IMMEDIATELY FRON THIS DANGEROUS
STORM. CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

OTHERWISE NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY EXISTED IN NORTH TEXAS. LATER
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED.
Local storm report, Mar 8, 4:51 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
450 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

... REPORTS FROM MARCH 8...

TIME(CST)       COUNTY         REPORT

405 PM          TILLMAN       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIxL AT GRANDFIELD.

423 PM          COMANCHE      NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT CHATTANOOGA.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 6:37 PM CST, 1 hour before
OKC093-151-153-090115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
635 PM CST SUN MAR 08 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN MAJOR...SOUTHERN WOODS AND EASTERN WOODWARD

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     WAYNOKA

&AT 635 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOISE
JUNCTION. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 7:05 PM CST, 32 minutes before
TXZ019-020-090205-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
705 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR HARDEMAN...FOARD...KNOX...
WILBARGER...BAYLOR...WICHITA...ARCHER...YOUNG...CLAY...JACK...
AND MONTAGUE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 900 PM CST...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR EASTERN WICHITA...NORTHERN CLAY
AND EASTERN ARCHER COUNTIES CONTINUE UNTIL 730 PM CST...

AT 700 PM CST WEATHER RADAR INDICTED ANOTHER DEVELOPING LINE OF POTENTIALLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF WICHITA FALLS. THE LINE IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE AREA AROUND 900 PM CST. THE
LINE IS CURRENTLY SITUATED FROM LAWTON TO JUST EAST OF VERNON TO SEYMOUR TO
WEST OF THROCKMORTON. THE MOVEMENT IS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.

RESIDENTS OF ALL COUNTIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD EXPECT MORE
SEVERE WEATHER AS THIS LINE NEARS THE AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF LARGE HAIL
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS
ANTICIPATED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher59 min
Mar 8, 6:08 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCuster27 min
Mar 8, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman58 min
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey69 min
Mar 8, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward40 min
Mar 8, 6:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Tillman66 min
Mar 8, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods66 min
Mar 8, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major61 min
Mar 8, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson55 min
Mar 8, 7:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman63 min
Mar 8, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher57 min
Mar 8, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson66 min
Mar 8, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant61 min
Mar 8, 8:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield46 min
Mar 8, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter67 min
Mar 8, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher63 min
Mar 8, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens65 min
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant68 min
Mar 8, 9:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCarter60 min
Mar 8, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray65 min
Mar 8, 9:49 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMurray41 min
Mar 8, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton60 min
Mar 8, 10:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin59 min
Mar 8, 10:27 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMurray63 min
Mar 8, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens59 min
Mar 8, 10:38 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNPontotoc67 min
Mar 8, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes46 min

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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.