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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 1994Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1994, 9:49 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1994, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Comanche County, OK, Kiowa County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1994-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1994-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-505 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 10, 3:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
354 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

FNT HAD PUSHED TO NR SEMINOLE TO WAURIKA LN BY LETE THIS AFTERNOON AND
LFTG OF THE MOIST AND UNSTBL SLY FLO OVR THE SHALLOW COOL AIR HAS
PRODUCED NRMS HAIL STORMS WHICH ARE NOW MOVG NEWD FM THE NERN CORNER OF
THE FA. MAIN UPR SYSM STILL WELL TO THE WEST AND WL NOT BE AFFECTING OK
TIL LATER TNGT...SVR STILL PSBL LATER TNGT MAINLY IN WRN SECTOR AND JUST
BEHIND THE FNTL ZONE.  AS SLOW MOVG UPR LO WALLOWS ACRS TMRW SOME LCLY
HVY RAINS PSBL...ERN PTN OF THE AREA WL HV TO BE WATCHED SPCLY CLOSELY
FOR HVY RAIN.

FCSTID=12
HBR   47  60  42  59 / 60  50  30  10
OKC   50  62  45  60 / 70  60  40  10
SPS   53  67  47  64 / 40  40  20  10
GAG   40  58  37  52 / 40  60  30  10
PNC   48  60  44  56 / 80  70  50  10
DUA   64  73  49  64 / 50  70  50  10

.OKC...NONE.
.TX...NONE.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT....................DELAYED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
637 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994

TIME/DATE           COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

200 AM/9TH          WORODWARD           SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A HOUSE AND
                                       3-INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN 7
                                       MILES EAST AND 2 MILES SOUTH OF
                                       SELMAN

MEG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa45 min
Apr 10, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 10, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa45 min
Apr 10, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher50 min
Apr 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 10, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo48 min
Apr 10, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble37 min
Apr 10, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson50 min
Apr 10, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan44 min
Apr 10, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Apr 10, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham46 min
Apr 10, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian47 min
Apr 11, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon42 min
Apr 11, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble45 min
Apr 11, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Apr 11, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer45 min
Apr 11, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher49 min
Apr 11, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita51 min
Apr 11, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham52 min
Apr 11, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan3 hr
Apr 11, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher45 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer41 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan41 min
Apr 11, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon53 min
Apr 11, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble49 min
Apr 11, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa47 min
Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita45 min
Apr 11, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian52 min
Apr 11, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma43 min
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan3 hr
Apr 11, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne48 min
Apr 11, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma25 min
Apr 11, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman36 min
Apr 11, 6:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa41 min
Apr 11, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin51 min
Apr 11, 7:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole48 min
Apr 11, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc36 min
Apr 11, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha40 min
Apr 10, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger39 min
Apr 10, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger48 min

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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.