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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:20 PM CDT for Garfield County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Garfield County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Garfield, OK | |
| Jun 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Garfield, 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
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1295 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 182122 TOROKC OKC047-093-182200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 420 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA ...WESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY...EASTERN MAJOR COUNTY AT 420 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAHOMA MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LAHOMA AND DRUMMOND ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEA}VE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Jun 18, 3:23 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
322 PM THU JUN 18 1992
DELAYED STORM REPORT FROM JUNE 17TH
TIME COUNTY REPORT
8 PM OKLAHOMA LARGE TREES BLOWN OVER AT LAKE
ARCADIA.Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:08 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM THU JUN 18 1992
DELAYED STORM REPORT FROM JUNE 17TH
TIME COUNTY REPORT
230 PM KAY DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND 6
MILES WEST OF NEWKIRK.
311 PM ALFALFA QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN CHEROKEE.
350 PM PAYNE GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL 5 MILES EAST OF
GLENCOE.Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 418 PM THU JUN 18 1992 DELAYED STORM REPORT FROM JUNE 17TH TIME COUNTY REPORT 415 PM PAYNE BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL IN YALE.
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 418 PM THU JUN 18 1992 CORRECTION... THIS IS TODAY'S ACTIVITY. TIME COUNTY REPORT 415 PM PAYNE BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL IN YALE.
Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:19 PM CDT, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM THU JUN 18 1992
CORRECTION... THIS IS TODAY'S ACTIVITY.
TIME COUNTY REPORT
230 PM KAY DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND 6
MILES WEST OF NEWKIRK.
311 PM ALFALFA QUARTER-SIZE HAIL IN CHEROKEE.
350 PM PAYNE GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL 5 MILES #EAST OF
GLENCOE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Garfield, Major | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Major | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 69 min |
| Jun 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 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.