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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Norman, OK

April 28, 1993Tillman County, Oklahoma; Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1993, 7:28 PM CDT for Tillman County, Oklahoma; Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 1993, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Tillman County, OK, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
345 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993

OUTFLO FM PREV CONVECTION HAS MADE FNT/INVERTED TROF DIFFICULT TO FIND
THIS AFTN...IN ANY CASE EXPECT THIS FEATURE...WHICH IS NOW SOMEWHERE
ACRS NRN OK TO WORK SWD AND BE IN THE XTRM SERN PTN OF THE FA BY THU
AFTN. MOISTURE STILL STREAMING NWD ATTM AND FNT WL NOT MOV AS FAST AS
MOST OF THE PROGS SHOW...THUS HIGH POPS FOR TONIGHT AND SPCLY FOR THE S
ON THU. FOR FRI WL CONFINE MENTION OF PCPN TO XTRM SERN ZONES. FPC AND
FWC TEMPS IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY...THO GUID MINS
FOR TNGT LIKELY TOO LOW. PAYNE COUNTY HAS RCVD SOME SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL
TDA...BUT FOR THE SHORT RANGE PCPN HAS NOT MOVD EWD FM THE STILLWATER
AREA...RAINFALL TOTALS MUST BE WATCHED CLOSELY IN PAYNE COUNTY
SHOULD ADDNL PCPN MOVE IN THIS EVE.

OKC 56/68/52/72 7631  GAG 55/65/49/72 4321  PNC 54/65/51/70 7421
SPS 60/72/55/75 5742

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
OKC119-282300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
135 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993

...A RAPID RISE IS EXPECTED ON STILLWATER CREEK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN THE
VICINITY OF CARL BLACKWELL DAM WILL MOVE DOWN STILLWATER CREEK AND
SHOULD APPROACH THE CITY OF STILLWATER THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPID RISE ON
STILLWATER CREEK TO NEAR BANKFULL IS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
PARTS OF STILLWATER NEAR THE WASHINGTON STREET CROSSING BY MID
AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER THE STILLWATER CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS SATURATED THE
GROUND OVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STILLWATER CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN...
AND MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WATER LEVELS IN STILLWATER CREEK
AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF STILLWATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. PERSONS WITH PROPERTY NEAR STILLWATER CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN PAYNE
COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 1:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
OKC119-282300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
135 PM CDT WED APR 28 1993

...A RAPID RISE IS EXPECTED ON STILLWATER CREEK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING OVER WESTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN THE
VICINITY OF CARL BLACKWELL DAM WILL MOVE DOWN STILLWATER CREEK AND
SHOULD APPROACH THE CITY OF STILLWATER THIS AFTERNOON. A RAPID RISE ON
STILLWATER CREEK TO NEAR BANKFULL IS LIKELY IN THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
PARTS OF STILLWATER NEAR THE WASHINGTON STREET CROSSING BY MID
AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER THE STILLWATER CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE RAINFALL THIS MORNING HAS SATURATED THE
GROUND OVER THE UPPER PORTION OF THE STILLWATER CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN...
AND MUCH OF THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN HIGHER WATER LEVELS IN STILLWATER CREEK
AND POSSIBLE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF STILLWATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS. PERSONS WITH PROPERTY NEAR STILLWATER CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN PAYNE
COUNTY.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:47 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster42 min
Apr 28, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita39 min
Apr 28, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPayne5 hr
Apr 28, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis68 min
Apr 28, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman63 min
Apr 28, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills52 min
Apr 28, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon43 min
Apr 28, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills40 min
Apr 28, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer68 min
Apr 28, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa64 min
Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson62 min
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham45 min
Apr 28, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman63 min
Apr 28, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche70 min
Apr 28, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton42 min
Apr 28, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson45 min
Apr 29, 12:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNPayne6 hr
Apr 28, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita41 min
Apr 28, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox63 min
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard59 min
Apr 28, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman31 min
Apr 28, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.