Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 1996Harper County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1996, 5:12 PM CDT for Harper County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 4, 1996, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1996, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSelman, OK
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDTHail 1Mutual, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-06-04Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 4, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

BNDRY ACRS NRN OK WITH VRY HI LI'S IN UNCAPPED AIRMASS TO ITS SOUTH.
LTST RADAR FM AMA AND DDC SHOW SFC BASED CONVECTION DVLPG IN PH SO
WL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS ACRS NRN ZONES THIS EVE. EVEN THO LO LVL
WNDS ARE LGT...WITH NWLY UPR FLOW THE TURNING OF LOW AND MID LVL
WNDS MAY BE ENOUGH TO PROMOTE DVLPMNT OF SOME SUPERCELLS. AFT TNGT
RDG SHD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FM THE W WHILE SFC TROF/FNT SHIFTS EWD ACRS
AREA THU. THUS WILL TAPER OFF POPS FM W TO EAST IN LATER PDS.

FCSTID = 12
OKC   65  88  69  88 /  40  20  20  20
HBR   63  92  68  90 /  30  20  10  10
SPS   65  92  70  91 /  30  20  20  20"
GAG   61  91  63  87 /  30  20  10  10
PNC   63  87  67  87 /  50  30  20  10
DUA   67  88  70  89 /  30  30  20  20

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-051200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN...CENTRAL...SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON IN
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKLAHOMA TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TO ENID TO MCALESTER
WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY INCREASING IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND
THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS CONTINUING INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA IS SUFFICIENTLY
MOIST AND UNSTABLE TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE ALSO INCREASING IN THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND
WESTERN OKLAHOMA...SO THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY BUILD WESTWARD AND
MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH 6TEXAS MAINLY TONIGHT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND SPOTTER GROUPS KEEP INFORMED ON THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

BSC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain45 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Tillman44 min
Jun 3, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc43 min
Jun 3, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman39 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton42 min
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan44 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods42 min
Jun 4, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woodward48 min
Jun 4, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoodward36 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey, Woodward32 min
Jun 3, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard53 min
Jun 3, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox44 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Foard, Wilbarger49 min
Jun 3, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox49 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Wichita47 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.