Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 4:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 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 25, 4:11 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 4:11 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA 410 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 AT 18Z THE NGM PEGGED THE POSITION OF THE DRYLN IN WRN OK AND N TX AS WELL AS 50H VORT MAX. TRW WILL END ERLY THIS EVENING AND BY MIDNITE IN SE ZNS. FROPA ON WED WL BE NEXT FCST PROBLEM. ETA AND AVN FASTER THAN NGM BRINGING FRONT INTO NW ZNS BY 18Z WED. PLAN TO SPLIT DIFF. AIR IS COOL IN NRN PLNS BHND THIS FRONT. CONSIDERING PSBL MODIFICATION...WL GO NEAR COOLER FPC MAX TEMPS FOR WED. IN THE MEANTIME...WL GO AOA MOS MAX TEMPS FOR TUES. WLY WIND...85H TEMPS 15-20C...AND SOME SUN SHUD GET TEMPS INTO 80S AREAWIDE. NEXT POPS ON WED AND WED NITE WITH FRONT IN AREA AND NEXT UA SYS APPCHG. IN THE EXTENDED FCST...EXPECT COOL AND DAMP CONDITIONS THRU FRI. FCSTID=#22/BT HBR 51 87 51 77 / 0 0 0 20 OKC 55 81 53 71 / 0 0 0 20 SPS 55 87 53 83 / 0 0 0 20 GAG 50 81 47 67 / 0 0 0 20 PNC 51 81 50 71 / 90 0 0 20 DUA 58 85 55 81 / 90 0 0 30 .OKC...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING FOR ZONES 04>47...50...51. .TX...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING FOR ZONES 83>90.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 25, 11:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 25, 12:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
100 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
TIME / DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
1150 AM/25TH ARCHER DIME SIZE HAIL IN ARCHER CITY
1150 AM/25TH COMANCHE NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR ELGIN EXIT
1200 PM/25TH KIOWA NICKEL AND QUARTERSIZE HAIL NEAR
LONE WOLF
1205 PM/25TH GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL IN VERDEN
1215 PM/25TH KIOWA DIMES IN LONE WOLF
1220 PM/25TH KIOWA HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
1223 PM/25TH CANADIAN DIME SIZE HAIL I-40 AND BANNER
ROAD
1225 PM/25TH JACKSON 1 1/4 INCH HAIL 4NE OF ALTUS
1235 PM/25TH TILLMAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN DAVIDSON
1235 PM/25TH TILLMAN QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50MPH 4SW
OF FREDERICK
SCLocal storm report, Apr 25, 1:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
130 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
TIME / DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
1245 PM KIOWA NICKEL HAIL WESTSrIDE OF GOTEBO.
100 PM COMANCHE DIME HAIL IN INDIANHOMA.
100 PM WASHITA QUARTER HAIL COVERED GROUND IN
CORDELL.
KJLocal storm report, Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
257 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
TIME / DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
100 PM WICHITA, TX DIME HAIL IN ELECTRA.
132 PM BLAINE DIME TO NICKEL HAIL IN WATONGA.
134 PM BLAINE QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN WATONGA.
135 PM WASHITA DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MI NORTH AND 2
MI EAST OF COWDEN.
140 PM COTTON DIME SIZE HAIL IN COOKIETOWN.
140 PM CADDO DIME SIZE HAIL 3 1/2 HYDRO.
145 PM S BLAINE DIME HAIL NORTH SIDE OF GE@ARY.
210 PM CADDO DIME SIZE HAIL 4N OF HINTON.
215 PM S BLAINE NICKEL HAIL IN GEARY.
231 PM STEPHENS DIME HAIL 3.5 MI SE OF MARLOW.
SC/KJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Custer | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Marshall | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 17 min |
| Apr 25, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 53 min |
| Apr 25, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 41 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.