Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 8:38 PM CST for Carter County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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, 8:38 PM CST (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 1992, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carter County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:52 PM CST | Hail 1 | Carter, OK | |
| Mar 8, 9:45 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Carter, 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 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
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, 2:41 PM CST, 5 hours 57 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, 5 hours 27 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, 3 hours 47 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 1 hour 33 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
Local storm report, Mar 8, 8:38 PM CST, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
835 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992
... REPORTS FROM MARCH 8...
TIME(CST) COUNTY REPORT
503 PM CADDO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT BOONE.
517 PM CADDO GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AT FT. COBB.
530 PM CADDO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AT BINGER.
542 PM CANADIAN GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AT SCOTT.
545 PM CUSTER GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND
AT BUTLER.
610 PM KINGFISHER QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 7 MILES WEST AND 3
MILES NORTH OF OKARCHE.
625 PM TILLMAN DIME-SIZED HAIL AT FREDERICK.
630 PM DEWEY QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PUTNAM.
720 PM WOODS GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AT ALVA.
722 PM JEFFERSON PING PONG BALL-SIZED HAIL 9 MILES WEST OF
CHEROKEE.
740 PM MAJOR QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR
SPRINGS.
740 PM MAJOR NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AT FAIRVIEW.
749 PM CADDO QUARTER-SIZED HAIL 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CARNEGIE.
800 PM COTTON DIME-SIZED HAIL 15 MILES WEST OF WALTERS.
824 PM CANADIAN NICKEL-SIZED HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CALUMET.
829 PM ALFALFA NICKEL-SIZED HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF
GOLFRY.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 69 min |
| Mar 8, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 40 min |
| Mar 8, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 66 min |
| Mar 8, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 66 min |
| Mar 8, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Major | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 57 min |
| Mar 8, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Mar 8, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 68 min |
| Mar 8, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 9:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Murray | 41 min |
| Mar 8, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Murray | 63 min |
| Mar 8, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 10:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 67 min |
| Mar 8, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 46 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.