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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 367, NWS Norman, OK

June 5, 1996Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 5, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1996, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 11:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Clinton, OK
Jun 5, 11:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Burns Flat, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1996-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 5, 10:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper27 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper47 min
Jun 5, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis45 min
Jun 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward63 min
Jun 5, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis44 min
Jun 5, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods49 min
Jun 5, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Roger Mills37 min
Jun 5, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods57 min
Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Roger Mills52 min
Jun 5, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay51 min
Jun 5, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher, Major51 min
Jun 5, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble30 min
Jun 5, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham41 min
Jun 5, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita47 min
Jun 5, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Noble, Payne34 min
Jun 5, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher34 min
Jun 5, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer44 min
Jun 6, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma41 min
Jun 6, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln41 min
Jun 6, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie51 min
Jun 6, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma48 min
Jun 6, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady26 min
Jun 6, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain46 min
Jun 6, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland46 min
Jun 6, 5:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey49 min
Jun 6, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine44 min
Jun 6, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian46 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher50 min
Jun 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian47 min
Jun 6, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain40 min
Jun 6, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo40 min
Jun 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian50 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady55 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie55 min
Jun 6, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCleveland, McClain35 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole46 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain46 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarvin48 min
Jun 6, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Stephens67 min
Jun 6, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole67 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.