Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 6:26 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingfisher County, OK
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 4:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA 400 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 12Z UA ANAL INDCS STG WAA/ISENT LIFT COMBINED WITH RRQUAD OF JET STREAK AT 25H AND TOUCHED OFF TRW OVR AREA TDY...NOT TO MENTION CHOICE SFC BNDRY IN SE OK AND N TX. RW/TRW WL CONT THIS EVENING AS NEXT STG UA SYS MOVS NEWD OVR AREA. MODELS AGREE IN BRINGING THIS NEXT UA SYS THRU FA BY AFTN ON THU. THEY ALSO AGREE ON TRACKING SFC LOW NEWD THRU SWRN...CNTRL...NERN OK. FEELING IS THAT THIS IS TOO FAR NORTH. LOOKS LIKE FRONT HAS STALLED THIS AFTN IN SE ZNS AND EXPECT THE SFC LOW TO FORM IN SW TX AND TRACK NE THRU N TX AND INTO SE OK ZNS AS WDSPRD SHWRS AND TRW MOVE OVER AREA WITH STG ISENT LIFT AND ASSOC UA DYNAMICS. THINKING LARGE PRES FALLS IN SCNTRL AND SERN KS AT 18-19Z CORRESPOND TO RISES INDUCED EARLIER BY TRW. WITH THIS IN MIND...TEMPS THIS AFTN ARE ALREADY BLO MOS FCST MINS FOR TONITE IN CNTRL AND WRN OK AND MUCH OF N TX PTN OF FA. RMNDR OF TEMP FCST WL BE ON COOLER SIDE OF MOS WITH EXCEPTION OF SE OK. NOT MUCH DOUBT ABT RAIN IN ALL AREAS OF FA TONITE WITH LCLLY HVY AMTS PSBL IN SE OK. PLAN TO ISSUE FFA FOR THIS AREA FOR TONITE. SLEET FELL OVR NW ZNS THIS MORNING AS COLD AND DRY AIR COOLED TO WET BULB. THIS IS A FACTOR TNGT IN THAT AREA BUT FEELING IS MID 30S DWPTS IN CNTRL KS THIS AFTN WL KEEP PRECIP LIQUID TONITE AS AMS CONTS TO MODIFY. WL KEEP POPS IN ERN ZNS FOR THURS WHILE DRY SLOT WORKS INTO WEST. NEXT SYS WORKS INTO WRN ZNS THURS NITE AND REST OF FA ON FRI. COORD W/TUL. FCSTID=#22/BT HBR 40 61 45 65 / 70 0 30 50 OKC 40 61 45 65 / 70 0 30 50 SPS 45 65 50 70 / 70 0 30 50 GAG 34 60 41 60 / 70 0 30 50 PNC 38 60 41 61 / 70 0 30 50 DUA 51 70 55 75 / 100 30 30 50 .OKC...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR ZONES 32, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53. .TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1205 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
TIME COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
720 AM FOARD DIME TO NICKEL HAIL 18NW OF
CROWELL.
800 AM JACKSON NICKEL HAIL IN ELMER.
1005 AM KIOWA NICKEL HAIL IN HOBART.
1010 AM KIOWA DIME HAIL IN HOBART.
1050 AM WASHITA DIME HIAL 7S OF COWDEN.
1140 AM BRYAN GOLF BALL HAIL AT FORT WASHITA
1200 PM JOHNSTON DIME HAIL 3E NIDA.
1240 PM MAJOR QUARTER HAIL 3S CEDAR SPRINGS.
110 PM ALFALFA DIME HAIL IN GOLTRY.
130 PM GRANT NICKEL HAIL IN JEFFERSON.
140 PM GRANT QUARTER HAIL IN MEDFORD.
145 PM ATOKA DIME HAIL 5SW OF DAISY.
210 PM GRANT DIME HAIL COVERING GROUND 3E OF
RENFROW.
SCLocal storm report, Apr 27, 2:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED FROM 26TH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
240 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
TIME/DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
1045 PM/26TH MARSHALL GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
COVERING GROUND IN LITTLE CITY.
1050 PM/26TH JOHNSTON GOLFBALL HAIL IN NIDA.
SCLocal storm report, Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 250 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 TIME/DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT 928 AM CADDO DIME HAIL 3W ANADARKO. SC
Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
432 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
TIME/DATE COUNTY LOCATION/EVENT
1100 PM/26TH ATOKA DIME HAIL COVERING GROUND
NEAR FARRIS.
1140 AM MARSHALL DIME HAIL IN LITTLE CITY.
1235 PM NOBLE DIME HAIL COVERED GROUND
IN MARLAND.
1235 PM KAY PEA TO DIME HAIL IN PONCA
CITY. REPORTED BY CO. C.D.
1230-1235 PM KAY PEA TO DIME HAIL 8 MILES
SOUTH OF PONCA CITY ON HWY
177.
100 PM BLAINE DIME HAIL IN LONGDALE.
121 PM GARFIELD PENNY SIZE HAIL 2 MI NORTH
& AND 1 MI WEST OF HILLSDALE.
419 PM BLAINE DIME HAIL 10 MILES WEST AND
5 SOUTH OF WATONGA.
KJThe 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, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 61 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, 6:30 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.