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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Norman, OK

March 23, 1996Blaine County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1996, 7:27 PM CST for Blaine County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
Mar 23, 1996, 7:27 PM CST (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1996, 8:00 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Blaine County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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
Mar 23, 7:35 PM CSTHail 0.75Roman Nose St Park, OK
Mar 23, 8:04 PM CSTHail 0.75Okeene, OK
Mar 23, 8:08 PM CSTHail 1.75Okeene, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 1996-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 436 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 1996-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Mar 23, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:30 PM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
320 PM CST SAT MAR 23 1996

LTL TIME FOR DISC AS TOR WATCH ISSUED AND ACTIVITY MAY BE BEGINNING
ON DRYLN ACRS WRN OK. MODELS IN FARILY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT STGST
DYNAMICS WL LIKELY BE ACRS THE NRN PART OF THE FA DURING THE LATTER
PART OF TONIGHT. HV NOT DEVIATED A LOT FM GUID AND PREV PKG...
ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR FOR SUN NGT AND MON.

FCSTID = 12
OKC   56  74  38  50 /  40  60  10   0
HBR   54  76  36  51 /  40  20  10   0
SPS   58  79  40  54 /  30  20   0   0
GAG   53  68  31  45 /  40  20   0   0
PNC   56  73  34  45 /  40  60  10  10
DUA   59  79  42  56 /  30  40  10  10

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 4:45 PM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
445 PM CST SAT MAR 23 1996

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

420 PM         8 N ANGORA            OK       1.00 INCH HAIL.
03/23/96       RODGER MILLS

435 PM         5 N LEEDY             OK       1.75 INCH HAIL.
03/14/96       DEWEY

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Local storm report, Mar 23, 4:50 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
445 PM CST SAT MAR 23 1996

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

420 PM         8 N ANGORA            OK       1.00 INCH HAIL.
03/23/96       RODGER MILLS

435 PM         5 N LEEDY             OK       1.75 INCH HAIL.
03/14/96       DEWEY

ALA
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:13 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCuster25 min
Mar 23, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Major42 min
Mar 23, 6:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster29 min
Mar 23, 6:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major36 min
Mar 23, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson39 min
Mar 23, 6:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer32 min
Mar 23, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor32 min
Mar 23, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine32 min
Mar 24, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa26 min
Mar 24, 10:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche43 min
Mar 24, 11:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens41 min
Mar 24, 11:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain32 min
Mar 24, 11:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan37 min
Mar 24, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma46 min
Mar 24, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Garvin, McClain45 min
Mar 24, 12:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne40 min
Mar 24, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens50 min
Mar 24, 12:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain63 min
Mar 24, 12:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie63 min
Mar 24, 12:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray40 min
Mar 24, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love40 min
Mar 24, 1:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc, Seminole55 min
Mar 24, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray30 min
Mar 24, 1:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall63 min
Mar 24, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love30 min
Mar 24, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes62 min
Mar 24, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan59 min
Mar 24, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble50 min
Mar 24, 3:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw, Pushmataha54 min
Mar 24, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan29 min
Mar 24, 3:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha34 min
Mar 23, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNHardeman35 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.