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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Norman, OK

April 27, 1994Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 8:20 AM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 1994, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 1994, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
40 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 12:00Z, 1.3 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 494 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
494 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
675 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.8

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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 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 27, 7:36 AM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 7:36 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
735 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

UPDATED ZONES TO LOWER MAX TEMPS IN MOST AREAS...INCREASE WINDS TO
CAUTIONARY LVLS IN SOME AREAS AND ADDED A CHANCE FOR SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN TO FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA FOR THIS AM. TEMPS WL LIKELY BE IN THE
40S IN MOST AREAS DURG PCPN...SO MUCH FOR SPRING.

25 (MTE)

.OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONES 45>53.
.TX...HFLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR ZONE 90.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:50 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
750 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

DELAYED REPORTS FOR TUE APR 26 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

1105 PM             p CHOCTAW           HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 4 MILES
                                       NORTH OF BOSWELL.

BR
Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:58 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
755 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

TIME                 COUNTY            LOCATION/EVENT

1200 AM              STEPHENS          NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN ALMA

1230 AM              PUSHMATAHA        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL, TREES
                                       BLOWN DOWN AND SHINGLES TORN
                                       OFF ROOFS IN CLOUDY.
BR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw54 min
Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove51 min
Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan63 min
Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan4 hr
Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall44 min
Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove66 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw46 min
Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall45 min
Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall43 min
Apr 26, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan36 min
Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka50 min
Apr 26, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson45 min
Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Johnston, Marshall60 min
Apr 26, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha68 min
Apr 26, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka32 min
Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens64 min
Apr 26, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka38 min
Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton48 min
Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha52 min
Apr 26, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka63 min
Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens63 min
Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Apr 27, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman52 min
Apr 27, 8:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo48 min
Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa35 min
Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche50 min
Apr 27, 9:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon51 min
Apr 27, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita53 min
Apr 27, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian31 min
Apr 27, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills45 min
Apr 27, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher50 min
Apr 27, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster43 min
Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan41 min
Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble61 min
Apr 27, 11:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall58 min
Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey49 min
Apr 27, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAtoka50 min
Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major51 min
Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble44 min
Apr 27, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa43 min
Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka57 min
Apr 27, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant43 min
Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant51 min
Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine46 min
Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman52 min
Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor49 min
Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay53 min
Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa39 min
Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian38 min
Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer43 min
Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher39 min
Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa45 min
Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher49 min
Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine45 min
Apr 27, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo46 min
Apr 27, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard46 min
Apr 27, 7:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman44 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.