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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Norman, OK

April 2, 1994Garfield County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1994, 4:35 PM CST for Garfield County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1994, 4:35 PM CST (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1994, 5:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garfield County, OK, Noble County, OK

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 2, 11:09 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 11:09 AM CST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 12:41 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-021400-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1240 PM CST SAT APR 2 1994

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND THE WEST PART OF NORTH TEXAS.

THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LAVERNE TO
WOODWARD TO FREDERICK TO SEYMOUR TEXAS.

SURFACE MOISTURE IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO OKLAHOMA.  THIS SURFACE MOISTURE
IS SHALLOW WHICH MAY BE A LIMITING FACTOR TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE ATMOSPHERE OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS WAS
BEGINNING TO DESTABILIZE.  AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
AREA FROM SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND A COLD FRONT IN NORTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP.  A DRYLINE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH
TEXAS WILL ALSO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  THE
INSTABILITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE INDICATE THAT IF STORMS DEVELOP...SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE.  THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS TO THE SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND
EAST OF THE DRYLINE...BUT OTHER ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AS THE UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES
TONIGHT.  THE SHALLOW MOISTURE AT THE SURFACE WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR
TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS.

THE WINDS PROFILE INDICATES THAT THE MAJOR THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL
BEb LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.  ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

SPEG/KLH
Local storm report, Apr 2, 4:01 PM CST, 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
400 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME               COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

356 PM             GARFIELD            QUARTER SIZE HAIHL 3 MILES NORTH
                                       1 MILE WEST OF DRUMOND.

358 PM             GARFIELD            QUATER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
                                       IN DRUMOND.
ALA
Local storm report, Apr 2, 4:35 PM CST, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
435 PM CST SAT APR 02 1994

TIME               COUNTY               LOCATION/EVENT

405 PM             GARFIELD            1 3/4 INCH HAIL VANCE AIR FORCE
                                       BASE WITH WIND GUST TO 51 MPH.

408 PM             GARFIELD            ONE INCH HAIL AT WAUKOMIS.

415 PM             GRADY               QUARTER SIZE HAIL 5 MILES WEST/
                                       5 MILES SOUTH OF CHICKASHA.

420 PM             GRADY               DIME SIZE HAIL SOUTH SIDE OF
                                       CHICKASHA.

425 PM             GRADY               NICKEL SIZE HAIL WEST SIDE OF
                                       NINNEKAH.

430 PM             GARFIELD            HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WITH
                                       65-70 MPH WINDS IN COVINGTON.

ALA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 3:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield51 min
Apr 2, 4:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady51 min
Apr 2, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma48 min
Apr 2, 4:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain43 min
Apr 2, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan49 min
Apr 2, 5:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne42 min
Apr 2, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln49 min
Apr 2, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant39 min
Apr 2, 5:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie51 min
Apr 2, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNMcClain28 min
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne50 min
Apr 2, 5:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln47 min
Apr 2, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter43 min
Apr 2, 5:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin41 min
Apr 2, 5:52 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNGarvin, Pontotoc53 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.