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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Norman, OK

June 18, 1992Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:53 PM CDT for Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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: Jun 18, 1992, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 18, 5:01 PM CDT	Hail 1	Garfield, OK
Jun 18, 5:20 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Kingfisher, OK
Jun 18, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Kingfisher, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 182156
TOROKC
OKC073-047-182245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
453 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
 
   ...NORTHERN KINGFISHER COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN GARFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 453 PM A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HENNESSEY MOVING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE MAY
ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. HENNESSEY AND BISON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
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.
 
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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, 4:19 PM CDT, 34 minutes 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.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
430 PM THU JUN 18 1992

TIME            COUNTY              REPORT

424 PM          MAJOR               TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES WEST
|                                    AND 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF LAHOMA.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
430 PM THU JUN 18 1992

TIME            COUNTY              REPORT

411 PM          ALFALFA             GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL COVERING THE
                                    GROUND IN GOLTRY.

415 PM          GARFIELD            QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NEAR CARRIER.

424 PM          MAJOR               TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES WEST
                                    AND 1 1/2 MILES SjOUTH OF LAHOMA.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
440 PM THU JUN 18 1992

TIME            COUNTY              REPORT

436 PM          GARFIELD            TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES SOUTH
                                    OF LAHOMA.

438 PM          GARFIELD            3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR 1 MILE NORTH OF
                                    DRUMMOND.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:46 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
447 PM THU JUN 18 1992

TIME            COUNTY              REPORT

442 PM          PAYNE               3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
                                    OF YALE.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
445 PM THU JUN 18 1992

TIME            COUNTY              REPORT

300 PM          NOBLE               DIME-SIZE HAIL 6 MI EAST OF MARLAND

300 PM          NOBLE               NICKEL-SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
                                    6 MI EAST AND 2 MI NORTH OF MARLAND

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, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	18 min
Jun 18, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	44 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.