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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 1996Beckham County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 6:09 PM CDT for Beckham County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1996, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Beckham County, OK, Washita County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 6:40 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Retrop, OK
Jun 3, 6:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Carter, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 Jun 3, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
425 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

LATE WITH DISC DUE ICWF PROBS AND SVR WX THIS AFTN. BNDRY HAS COME ALIVE
FM SE OF OKC TO NERN TX PH AND BEYOND...WL EXPECT ACTIVITY TO OUR NW
TO SLIDE SEWD IN NWLY FLO...SO HI POPS SEEM TO BE WARRANTED IN WRN AND
SRN ZONES 1ST PD. MODELS SUG BNDRY MAY CONT ACTIVE THRU TUE WITHOUT MUCH
SHIFT IN POSITION. BY TUE NGT AND WED MID AND UPR LVL UVV SHIFTING EWD
AND RDG BLDG INTO WRN OK FM WRN U.S...THUS POPS TAPERING OFF FM W TO
EAST.

OKC 63/85/67/88  6432
GAG 59/85/64/90/ 4321
HBR 65/87/67/92 4322
PNC 61/85/64/88 2433
SPS 65/89/69/93 3432

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM ALVA TO LAWTON TO COALGATE.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA TO NORTH TEXAS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS
MORNING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT...
BUT THE CLOUDS ARE CLEARING AND THE AIRMASS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN
DESTABILIZE.

THUNDERSTORM RE-DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...WITH ANY ACTIVITY IN THE PANHANDLE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AND CLIPPING WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THE MAIN THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST IN THE
PANHANDLE...BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS FURTHER EAST WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

SPOTTER GROUPS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

BSC

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
200 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAS BECOME DIFFUSE...WHILE
ANOTHER BOUNDARY HAS STRENGTHENED OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM GAGE TO
OKLAHOMA CITY TO MCALESTER. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND THESE STORMS ARE
NOW EXPECTED TO COME FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

FORECAST STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND
LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

BSC

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
358 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       .2...COUNTY LOCATION....

335 PM     SW OF DEL CITY           OK      0.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     OKLAHOMA

339 PM     S SIDE OF OKLAHOMA CITY  OK      1.00 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     OKLAHOMA

BZ

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
454 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

450 PM     KINGFISHER             OK      0.88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     KINGFISHER

BZ

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:11 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
512 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

340 PM     3 S DANE               OK      0.75 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     MAJOR

453 PM     KINGFISHER             OK      1.00 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     KINGFISHER

500 PM     3 S KINGFISHER         ROK      0.88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL
6/3/96     KINGFISHER

BZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	41 min
Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	40 min
Jun 3, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	54 min
Jun 3, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	40 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	45 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	45 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	46 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	45 min
Jun 3, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	41 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.