Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Mar 29, 1993, 5:12 PM CST (23:12 UTC)

Expired

Mar 29, 1993, 6:00 PM CST

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kiowa County, OK, Washita County, OK

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 292315
SVROKC
OKC075-149-300000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
512 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     KIOWA AND WASHITA

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
     BABBS...BESSIE...BURNS FLAT...CANUTE...CLOUD CHIEF...COLONY
     ...COOPERTON...CORDELL...CORN...COWDEN...DILL CITY...GOTEBO
     ...HOBART...LAKE VALLEY...LONE WOLF...LUGERT...MOUNTAIN
     PARK...MOUNTAIN VIEW...ROCKY...ROOSEVELT...SADDLE MOUNTAIN
     ...SEDAN...SENTINEL...SNYDER AND TOM STEED RESEVIOR

AT 512 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
CLINTON TO MANGUM.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PARTICULARLY DAMAGING
WINDS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORM...QUICKLY SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO
NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS.  REMEMBER...MANY DEATHS IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR BECAUSE OF FLYING DEBRIS.  TRUCKS AND OTHER
HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG
WINDS AND MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT
BE @ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.


LAT...LON 3463  9895 3486  9928 3541  9929 3545  9864
          3490  9868

WR

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 29, 3:46 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
345 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993

BETWEEN SVR WX AND THE ICWF HV LTL TIME FOR DISC THIS AFTN...LOOKS RAINY
THRU TUE WITH POPS DCRG FM W TO E TUE NGT AND WED AS UPR LVL LOW SLOWLY
MOVS EWD. HV GONE WL ABV FPC MIN TEMPS FOR TNGT DUE CLDS AND HI DEWPNTS
EXPECTED. PRELIM #'S...

OKC 59/67/48/60 7854  GAG 48/62/42/56 8742  HBR 57/68/44/62 8732
PNC 58/67/47/58 7854  SPS 62/72/49/64 8632

"
12

.OK...NONE
.TX...NONE

In the hours before

OKZ004>021-TXZ076-TXZ077-301200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CST MON MAR 29 1993

THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR OKLAHOMA ZONES 4 THROUGH 21 AND
FOR TEXAS ZONES 76 AND 77.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND FOR THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE OUTLOOK AREA IS GENERALLY
WEST OF A LINE FROM MARIETTA...TO SHAWNEE...TO MANCHESTER.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO AREAS WEST OF A
SEYMOUR-ALTUS-ELK CITY LINE AFTER 3 PM.  SOME STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE TORNADOES WILL INCREASE INTO THE
EVENING IN THIS AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REMAINDER OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS THE WICHITA FALLS AREA BY EARLY
EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT.  THE THREAT OF LARGE TORNADOES AND LARGE
HAIL WILL EXIST INTO THE NIGHT AS THE WIND FLOW IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE
BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE DEVELOPMENT.

AT NOON THE DRYLINE STRETCHED FROM HARMON COUNTY OKLAHOMA SOUTH TOWARDS
GUTHRIE TEXAS AND THEN WEST TO AROUND MIDLAND.  SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRYLINE THROUG:H THE AFTERNOON.  THE UPPER
LEVEL STORM CENTER WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THE THREAT IN MOST AREAS INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

WR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.