Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 11:29 AM CDT for Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Noble County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 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
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, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 7:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 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, 5 hours before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 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.
BRLocal storm report, Apr 27, 7:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 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.
BRLocal storm report, Apr 27, 8:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
850 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994
TIME COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
818 AM TILLMAN 81 MPH WIND WITH SOME DAMAGE TO
THE GROCERY STORE WITH PART OF
ROOF BLOWN OFF AND PORTION OF
WALL BLOWN DOWN IN TIPTON.
ALSO DAMAGE IN FREDERICK TO SOME
BUILDINGS.
824 AM TILLMAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1S OF TILLMAN
KIOWA COUNTY LINE ON HWY 183.
828 AM X KIOWA QUARTER SIZE HAIL TILLMAN KIOWA
COUNTY LINE
835 AM COMANCHE ROOF LOST TO HOUSE IN
INDIAHOMA.
SCLocal storm report, Apr 27, 10:42 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1040 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994
TIME COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
743 AM HARDEMAN, TX DIME SIZE HAIL AT QUANAH
750 AM HARDEMAN, TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL 7 MI SOUTH OF
QUANAH
758 AM WILBARGER, TX 85 MPH WINDS 12 MI NORTH OF
VERNON
859 AM COMANCHE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AT THE
WICHITA WILDLIFE REFUGE
900 AM COMANCHE POWER LINES DOWN .25 MI WEST OF
INDIAHOMA
902 AM COMANCHE POWER LINES DOWN AND ONE
PERSON WAS TRAPPED IN A VEHICLE 1
MI EAST OF INDIAHOMA
915 AM KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL 15 MI S OF
MOUNTAIN VIEW
1000 AM HARMON DIME SIZE HAIL 3 MI WNW OF VINSON
1005 AM N. KIOWA NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN HOBART
1008 AM BECKHAM QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ERICK
1010 AM N.KIOWA DIME SIZE HAIL IN HOBART
1012 AM BECKHAM 1 1/2 INCH HAIL AT ERICK
MTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 66 min |
| Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Atoka | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Major | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 7:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 44 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.