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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Norman, OK

April 28, 1992Jackson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1992, 8:39 PM CDT for Jackson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 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, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 1992, 9:03 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Jackson, 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, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 779 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.4

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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 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, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 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 33 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 32 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, 1 hour 13 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.

JKP

Local storm report, Apr 28, 8:23 PM CDT, 16 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
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, 8:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Greer	35 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, 8:55 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.