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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Norman, OK

July 16, 1992Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 2:12 AM CDT for Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 1992, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1992, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Noble County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1992-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2880 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1992-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 160711
SVROKC
OKC103-160800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
212 AM CDT THU JUL 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NOBLE COUNTY
 
AT 212 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF RED ROCK
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.
 
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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 9:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
920 PM CDT WED JUL 15 1992

TSTMS WHICH WKND OVR NWRN OK HV INTNSFD OVR ERN TX PNHNDL AND HV
CONTD MOVG EWD INTO NWRN PTNS. OTHER CELLS HV DVLPD OVR SERN OK
DURG PAST HOUR AND WITH LOOK AT EVE SNDG...BLV THAT ACTVTY CD DVLP
FM MID LVLS ABOUT ANYWHERE IN STATE. PREV FCST HAD MENTION OF TSTMS MOST
SXNS TNGT THROUGH FRI...WHICH APRS TO BE RSNBL. MINOR CHGS MADE TO WNDS
WHILE TEMPS APR TO BE OK. CDFNT OVR SWRN KS HAS CONTD SAGGING
SWD...AND WNDSHFT MAY BE INTO NWRN OK A LTL FASTER THAN ERYR
ANTICIPATED...SO MADE CHG TO WNDS BDMG NLY OVR NW. MDLS STILL NOT AVBL
BUT EVE U/A INDCTS S/W JUST WEST OF OKC MOVG EWD...WITH H/8 AND SFC
IN DCTG GOOD CONVRGNC. COORD WITH SPS.

10

.OK...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OKZ005-160615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1215 AM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE WOODS ALFALFA COUNTY LINE...

AT 1215 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF
BURLINGTON MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM LIKELY
CONTAINS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...STRONG WINDS AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  PEOPLE IN BURLINGTON...DRIFTWOOD...AMORITA AND
BYRON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
Local storm report, Jul 16, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1251 AM THU JUL 16 1992

TIME(CDT)/DATE      COUNTY            REPORT

1245 AM  /16TH      ALFALFA      NICKEL HAIL REPORTED IN CHEROKEE  z
                                 REPORTED BY ALFALFA COUNTY SD
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:14 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
TXZ076-077-160715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
115 AM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

AT 1 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WICHITA FALLS SHOWED AN AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ON THE ROLLING PLAINS FROM
TRUSCOTT IN KNOX COUNTY SOUTH TO ABILENE. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS OCCURING IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THROCKMORTON COUNTY.
THIS AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND
WILL BE IN THE GRAHAM VICINIT Y WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
Local storm report, Jul 16, 1:41 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
140 AM THU JUL 16 1992

TIME(CDT)/DATE      COUNTY            REPORT

127 AM  /16TH       GRANT        HIGHLINE POWER POLE BLOWN DOWN BY
>                                 HIGH WINDS IN WAKITA.
                                 REPORTED BY GRANT COUNTY SD
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:02 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
TXZ076-077-160815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
205 AM CDT THU JUL 16 1992

AT 2 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN WICHITA FALLS SHOWED A NARROW
BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS ON THE ROLLING PLAINS FROM
THE RED RIVER IN THE ODELL VICINITY SOUTH TO NORTH OF THROCKMORTON.
THE BAND BECOMES WIDER AND CONTINUES SOUTH TO ABILENE.
DURING THE PAST HOUR THE STORMS HAVE BECOME WEAKER AND HAVE SLOWED
SOMEWHAT IN THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT.

ELSEWHERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE NORTHWESTERN AND SOUTH
WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MPH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods37 min
Jul 15, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper39 min
Jul 16, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods43 min
Jul 16, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis53 min
Jul 16, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills50 min
Jul 16, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa51 min
Jul 16, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant67 min
Jul 16, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Major55 min
Jul 16, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills63 min
Jul 16, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster62 min
Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey, Major62 min
Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant62 min
Jul 16, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills45 min
Jul 16, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay56 min
Jul 16, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan44 min
Jul 16, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis57 min
Jul 16, 3:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher42 min
Jul 16, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.