Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1992, 8:10 PM CDT for Greer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 28, 1992, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greer County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Greer, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 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 290112 TOROKC OKC055-290145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 810 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...EASTERN GREER COUNTY AT 8:10 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANGUM MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS EAST OF MANGUM SHUOLD ACT QUICKLY AND TAKE SHELTER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 6 20 PM TUE APR 28 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT 4 45 PM LINCOLN TREE DAMAGE 4 NE HARRAH JKP
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
6 30 PM TUE APR 28 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
4 35 - 4 50 PM GRANT 7 E POND CREEK DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HA.IL
COVERING THE GROUND
STORM TOTAL 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN
JKPLocal storm report, Apr 28, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 6 38 PM TUE APR 28 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT 4 45 PM POTTAWATOMIE DIME SIZE HAIL TECUMSEH JKP
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ019-020-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD... HARDEMAN...JACK...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 700 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST 20 MINUTES AND ARE ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF REACHING SEVERE POTENTIAL SHORTLY. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ019-020-290130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 700 PM CDT TUE APR 28 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...FOARD... HARDEMAN...JACK...MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER AND YOUNG COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 700 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST 20 MINUTES AND ARE ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF REACHING SEVERE POTENTIAL SHORTLY. RESIDENTS IN EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATING CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE SIGHTED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:26 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
725 PM TUE APR 28 1992
TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
707 PM DEWEY DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE EAST AND 3.5 MILES
SOUTH OF CESTOS.
713 PM DEWEY NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TALOGA.
JKPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.