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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 532, NWS Norman, OK

September 5, 1992Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 1992, 5:51 PM CDT for Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 3 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: Sep 5, 1992, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Alfalfa County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Sep 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Hail 1	Alfalfa, OK
Sep 5, 6:11 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Alfalfa, OK
Sep 5, 6:54 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Alfalfa, 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 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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 5, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
345 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 1992

WL HAVE TO CUT DISC A LTL SHORT TO CONCENTRATE ON SVR WX THREAT. FAIRLY
HI POPS IN ORDER TNGT IN SWATH FM PNC-OKC-LTS AS TAIL OF SHTWV BRUSHES
ACRS CDFNT/DRYLN. SFC BNDRY NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE MUCH PROGRESS ACRS OK
TNGT..PERHAPS FM PNC TO HBR..AS MORE FVRBL UPR DYNAMICS SHIFT RPDLY NWD
AWAY FM AREA. NXT SHTWV COMES ACRS AREA ON SUN...AND AMS WL LKLY RECOVER
RPDLY IN TIME FOR ITS ARRIVAL. WL ONCE AGAIN CARRY HIGHEST POPS /30%/ FM
CNTRL INTO NWRN OK. BNDRY WL LIFT N OF OK ON MON IN ADVANCE OF STG WV
MOVG ACRS CNTRL ROCKIES. DO NOT PLAN TO CARRY ANY SIG POPS XCPT IN NWRN
OK...AND ONLY 20S THERE.  A FEW AMS TSTMS MAY POP ACRS AREA ON MON...
BUT FEEL NOW THAT CHCS ARE TOO SMALL TO OUTLOOK ATTM. SFC GRAD RELAXES A
LTL ON SUN...BUT TIGHTENS UP AGN ON MON SO WL MENTION WINDY IN 4TH PD.

WITH ABUNDANT LO LVL MSTR AND STG WNDS CONTG ACRS FA...WL NOT GET TOO
CARRIED AWAY WITH WARMING MAXES.  WL RAISE MAXES A CPL DEGREES EACH
DAY...BUT NO MORE. LOWS SHUD BY FAIRLY UNIFORM.  ..04..

GAG 68/94/70/96 2322  PNC 72/92/70/93 6321  HBR 71/95/72/97 6321
OKC 72/91/72/94 6321  SPS 73/96/74/97 4221  DUA 72/90/72/91 3211

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 11:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods	64 min
Sep 5, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major	62 min
Sep 5, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	61 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.