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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

June 19, 1992Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1992, 1:10 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1992, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Kay County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 974 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
974 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 191814
TOROKC
OKC071-191915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
110 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING OKLAHOMA LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
 
   ...KAY COUNTY
 
AT 110 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A VERY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE KANSAS STATE LINE NORTH OF NEWKIRK.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NEWKIRK...HARDY AND KAW
LAKE WILL BE NEAR THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM. BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
 
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.f  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

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
TXZ019-020-191745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1139 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

AT 1135 AM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA
AND EXTREME NORTHWEST TEXAS.

THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM NEAR WATONGA OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH
HOBART AND ON SOUTHWEST INTO HARDEMAN COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF QUANAH.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA IN EXTREME
SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY NEAR THE RED RIVER APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES NORTH
OF QUANAH.

MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:30 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ020-191830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

AT 1215 PM CDT THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A
BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW VERY STRONG STRETCHING
FROM EL RENO OKLAHOMA SOUTHWEST THROUGH FREDERICK INTO NORTHERN
WILBARGER COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST OF VERNON.

THE STRONGEST STORM IN NORTH TEXAS WAS LOCATED SOME 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF VERNON. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
COULD ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LINE WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS IS HIGHLY UNSTABLE
THIS AFTERNOON. A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS ARE IN PLACE TO AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY..SOME COULD POSSIBLY
BECOME SEVERE.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERICAL
BROADCAST MEANS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:03 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
OKZ004>021-201200-

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID ONLY FOR OKLAHOMA ZONES 4 THROUGH 21.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTHCENTRAL...AND
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM ENID TO
OKLAHOMA CITY TO ARDMORE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ENTER EASTERN
KAY COUNTY SHORTLY. ALSO...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
FROM NEAR GAGE TO LAWTON. TO THE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY...WINDS WERE FROM
THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER THE WEST. MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUED OVER THE STATE. IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS APPROACHING THE STATE
FROM THE NORTHWEST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE STATE IN THE
HIGH RISK AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
RECIEVED FROM THESE STORMS. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE
STATE...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 90S THIS AFTERNOON WHICH
WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE COMBINATION OF THE
INSTABILITY...CONVERGENCE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND UPWARD
MOTION DUE TO THE WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES.

SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 minute before
OKZ004>021-201200-

OKLAHOMA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1992

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 PM FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID ONLY FOR OKLAHOMA ZONES 4 THROUGH 21.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTHCENTRAL...AND
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. THE HIGH RISK AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM ENID TO
OKLAHOMA CITY TO ARDMORE. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING
ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ENTER EASTERN
KAY COUNTY SHORTLY. ALSO...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.

AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA FROM
NEAR GAGE TO LAWTON. TO THE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY...WINDS WERE FROM THE
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS TO THE WEST. MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR CONTINUED OVER THE STATE. IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A
WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS APPROACHING THE STATE FROM THE
NORTHWEST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE STATE IN THE
HIGH RISK AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
RECIEVED FROM THESE STORMS. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE
STATE...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 90S THIS AFTERNOON WHICH
WILL RESULT IN AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE COMBINATION OF THE
INSTABILITY...CONVERGENCE ALONG THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND UPWARD
MOTION DUE TO THE WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS `AND
TORNADOES.

SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION
THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan3 hr
Jun 18, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher51 min
Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma42 min
Jun 18, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian59 min
Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma47 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey45 min
Jun 18, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian61 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady56 min
Jun 18, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian31 min
Jun 18, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain57 min
Jun 19, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson60 min
Jun 19, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman50 min
Jun 19, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln54 min
Jun 19, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan47 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie47 min
Jun 19, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole47 min
Jun 19, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.