Alert archive / Oklahoma / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT for Coal County, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
- May 11, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coal County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Coal, OK | |
| May 11, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Coal, OK | |
| May 11, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Coal, 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 736 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 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 111948 TOROKC OKC029-123-112030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 245 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ...NORTHERN COAL COUNTY...PONTOTOC COUNTY AT 245 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF STONEWALL MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND REMAINS DANGEROUS. PERSONS IN STONEWALL AND LULA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH FITTSTOWN TO NEAR ROFF. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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
Special weather statement, May 11, 12:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OKZ004>021-121200- OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 100 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID ONLY FOR OKLAHOMA ZONES 4 THROUGH 21. THERE I
Special weather statement, May 11, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
TXZ019-020-111915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 119 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... AT 118 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM WEST OF STILLWATER EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO STONEWALL AND ARDMORE. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS W[AS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA GENERALLY COVERS MUCH OF CENTRAL... EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.
Local storm report, May 11, 2:13 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 215 PM MON MAY 11 1992 TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT 150 PM PAYNE NICKLE TO QUARTER HAIL 1 N OF COYLE. ! 130 PM MCCLAIN NICKLE SIZE HAIL 1/2 S OF BYERS. 124 PM LOGAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 N OF GUTHRIE. 125 PM MURRAY DIME SIZE HAIL IN DAVIS.
Special weather statement, May 11, 2:18 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
TXZ019-020-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 218 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT FOR COTTON COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES ARCHER...JACK...YOUNG...CLAY AND MONTAGUE... AT 215 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS... SOME SEVERE...FROM NORTHWEST OF MCALESTER OKLAHOMA NEAR DUSTIN EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO ARDMORE AND EAST OF WAURIKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR DENTON. MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RESIDENTS OF MONTAGUE COUNTY NEAR SPANISH FORT AND ILLINOIS BEND SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT AS A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF MONTAGUE COUNTY. REMEMBER TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATSHER RADIO FOR STATEMSNTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 11, 2:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM MON MAY 11 1992
DELAYED REPORTS FOR SUNDAY MAY 10, 1992...
TIME(CDT) COUNTY LOCATION / REPORT
320 PM BECKHAM HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN ERICK.
700 PM CADDO NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 NE OF ANADARKO.
445 PM LOGAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1/2 N OF CO. LINE AND 2 W
OF HWY 77.
430 PM CANADIANt DIME SIZE HAIL 5 ENE OF EL RENO.Special weather statement, May 11, 2:31 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
OKC083-112030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 230 PM CDT MON MAY 11 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM FOR LOGAN COUNTY HAS BEENR CANCELLED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL PAYNE COUNTY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 63 min |
| May 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 49 min |
| May 10, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 54 min |
| May 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 48 min |
| May 10, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Oklahoma | 66 min |
| May 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 60 min |
| May 10, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 57 min |
| May 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 45 min |
| May 11, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 53 min |
| May 11, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garvin, Pontotoc | 31 min |
| May 11, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan, Payne | 60 min |
| May 11, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 60 min |
| May 11, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 50 min |
| May 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 60 min |
| May 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 69 min |
| May 11, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray | 68 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 45 min |
| May 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 64 min |
| May 11, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 36 min |
| May 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 48 min |
| May 11, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal | 60 min |
| May 11, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 68 min |
| May 11, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 55 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kay | 47 min |
| May 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Bryan | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 54 min |
| May 11, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 69 min |
| May 11, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Choctaw | 61 min |
| May 11, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 30 min |
| May 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.