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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK

March 8, 1992Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 1992, 11:29 PM CST for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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, 11:29 PM CST (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1992, 12:15 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Hughes County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 8, 11:43 PM CSTHail 0.75Hughes, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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

Local storm report, Mar 8, 10:31 PM CST, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1030 PM CST SUN MAR 8 1992

                          REF: TW #53 AND #57 3/8/92
TIME         COUNTY       EVENT

2130 PM CST   JACK        G^OLF BALL HAIL AT CUNDIFF(NORTHEASTERN JACK
                          COUNTY.

2130 PM CST   JACK        PEA SIZE HAIL S WEST OF JACKSBORO.
Special weather statement, Mar 8, 11:07 PM CST, 22 minutes before
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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, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo53 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

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.