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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Norman, OK

January 31, 1998Comanche County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 31, 1998, 10:17 PM CST for Comanche County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
Jan 31, 1998, 10:17 PM CST (04:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 1998, 11:00 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Comanche County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 31, 10:20 PM CSTHail 0.88Meers, OKNumerous reports of nickel-sized hail were received from the northern portion of Comanche County.

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1998-02-01Temperature 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 1998-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 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 Jan 31, 9:35 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 9:35 PM CST, 42 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 010341
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
935 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

... 8TH WETTEST JANUARY FOR KOKC PLUS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE
ACROSS CENTRAL... SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA TONIGHT...

COMPLEX SPRINGLIKE PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE FA THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. 03Z SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES VERY LITTLE
MOVEMENT OF SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE FEATURES THE PAST 09 HOURS. WEAK
OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM SE NEB AND CNTRL KS ACRS WRN
OKLAHOMA TO A SFC LOW OVR NW TX S OF KCDS. PATTERN GETS MESSY FM
THERE WITH A DVLPG WMFNT EXTENDING EWD ALG RED RIVER WITH A STNRY
FNT/DRY LINE EXTENDING SWD TO THE LWR RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHILE A WEAK
CDFNT EXTENDS WWD FM THE SFC LOW OVER SRN NM. DRY AIR OVR TX/OK
PNHNDLS ALLOWING FOR GOOD RADITIONAL COOLING WHICH HELPING TO
INCREASING BAROCLINICITY/UPLIFT ALG FRONTAL ZONE ACRS SW AND CNTRL
OKLAHOMA.

ALOFT... LOW-LEVEL FLOW HAS CONTINUED TO BACK TO SLY WITH NICE 35-40
KT 850 JET DVLPG ACRS CNTRL OKLA. 700-500 MB FLOW HAS BACKED FM WEST
TO SW INDCTG STRNGTHNG S/W TROF AND UVV APCHG FM TX PNHDL. NARROW
WEDGE OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY SHOWS UP NICELY ON 00Z OUN SOUNDING
AND IN SFC DEWPOINT TRAJECTORIES.

CAPES OF 500-1000 J/KG WILL CONTINUE OVERSPREAD NRN 2/3S OF FA AND
ALLOW FOR MARGINAL SVR TSRA MAINLY DUE TO TO HAIL. LOW WBZERO HGT
INDCTS SIG FALLS OF SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRGR STMS.
HWVR... INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPS
ADVECT ACRS AREA AND SFC AIR COOLS AND STABILIZES ACRS CNTRL/NRN TX.
CONVRGNC ASSOCD WITH LOW-LEVEL JET AND WSWLY MID-LVL FLOW
WILL HELP PRODUCE SOME ADDITONAL TRAINING OF ECHOES ACRS SW AND
CNTRL OK THROUGH EARLY MORNING. ALREADY RCVD A FEW REPORTS OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  NEAR 1 1/2 INCH IN SW AND CNTRL ZONES.
HWVR... ONLY MODERATE PWS AND RELATIVELY FAST MOVEMENT OF CELLS
SHOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. BULK OF CURRENT
ZFP LOOKS GOOD AND WILL ONLY UPDATE TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL POSSIBLE FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES MAINLY ALG AND
SOUTH OF I-40. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND ACRS NW AND WRN OKLAHOMA...
CLEARING SKIES AND GOOD RADTNL COOLING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THICK
FOG DVLPG. HWVR... WILL LET MIDSHIFT ASSESS NEED FOR FOG ADVISORY
BUT WILL MENTION LOCALLY DENSE FOG IN THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS.

FCSTID= STEWART
.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
900 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    2 NNE COOPERTON           OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
1/31/98    KIOWA

JS
Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:00 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
900 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    2 NNE COOPERTON           OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
1/31/98    KIOWA

JS
Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:40 PM CST, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
900 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0845 PM    1 N COOPERTON             OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
1/31/98    KIOWA                          3 INCHES DEEP ON
                                          HIGHWAY 54
JS
Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:50 PM CST, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
950 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    COLD SPRINGS              OK   3 INCH RAINFALL
1/31/98    KIOWA                          MEASURED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

JS
Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:50 PM CST, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
950 PM CST SAT JAN 31 1998

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0940 PM    COLD SPRINGS              OK   3 INCH RAINFALL
1/31/98    KIOWA                          MEASURED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

JS
Local storm report, Jan 31, 10:15 PM CST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa39 min
Jan 31, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa46 min
Jan 31, 8:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche41 min
Jan 31, 9:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche, Greer, Kiowa3 hr
Jan 31, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche59 min
Jan 31, 9:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo, Grady3 hr

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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.