Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1996, 12:05 PM CST for Logan County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 24, 1996, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1996, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Logan County, OK, Payne County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Stillwater, OK | |
| Mar 24, 12:55 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Guthrie, 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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 24, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 241616
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1030 AM CST SUN MAR 24 1996
THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT/DRYLINE
IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. FORECAST WORDING WILL BE UPDATED BUT NO
OTHER CHANGES ATTM.
.OKC...
OK...WIND ADVSY TDA ZNS4>31..33>41..44>46..50.
CAUTION LAKES TDA ZNS 32..42..43..47>49..51>53
TX...WIND ADVSY TDA ZNS 83>90In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 6:24 AM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-241600- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 630 AM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE IN NEW MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DRYLINE. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TODAY WILL PROVIDE A SECOND FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 100 MPH AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS IN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. LIMITING FACTORS FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING... WILL BE MARGINAL INSTABILITIES. HOWEVER... DAYTIME HEATING... COMBINED WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT... WILL RESULT IN A MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. SPOTTERS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY REQUIRE ACTIVATION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... WHILE SPOTTERS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE PREPAvRED FOR ACTIVATION FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CS
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 6:30 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-241600- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 630 AM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL... ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE... MAINLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE IN NEW MEXICO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ALONG AND AHEAD OF A DRYLINE. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA TODAY WILL PROVIDE A SECOND FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STRONG WINDS OF 50 TO 100 MPH AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS IN SOME THUNDERSTORMS. LIMITING FACTORS FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING... WILL BE MARGINAL INSTABILITIES. HOWEVER... DAYTIME HEATING... COMBINED WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES ALOFT... WILL RESULT IN A MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. SPOTTERS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY REQUIRE ACTIVATION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... WHILE SPOTTERS IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. CS
Local storm report, Mar 24, 11:37 AM CST, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1140 AM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1120 AM RUSH SPRINGS OK 1.00 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 GRADY 1122 AM AMBER OK 0.88 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 GRADY 1123 AM MARLOW OK 0.88 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 STEPHENS 1130 AM 2 NE MARLOW OK 1.00 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 STEPHENS MCCAMMON
Local storm report, Mar 24, 11:40 AM CST, 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1140 AM CST SUN MAR 24 1996 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 1120 AM RUSH SPRINGS OK 1.00 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 GRADY 1122 AM AMBER OK 0.88 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 GRADY 1123 AM MARLOW OK 0.88 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 STEPHENS 1130 AM 2 NE MARLOW OK 1.00 INCH HAIL. 03/24/96 STEPHENS MCCAMMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Major | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 6:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Major | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 26 min |
| Mar 24, 10:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, Stephens | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, McClain | 32 min |
| Mar 24, 11:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan | 37 min |
| Mar 24, 11:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 11:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 12:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 12:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc, Seminole | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Murray | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 1:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Marshall | 63 min |
| Mar 24, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 30 min |
| Mar 24, 1:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 62 min |
| Mar 24, 2:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Choctaw, Pushmataha | 54 min |
| Mar 24, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 29 min |
| Mar 24, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 35 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.