Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Norman, OK
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.
- 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
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 SDSpecial 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 SDSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 67 min |
| Jul 16, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Major | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.