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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Norman, OK

March 9, 1986Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1986, 10:36 PM CST for Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 1986, 10:36 PM CST (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 1986, 11:15 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Pottawatomie County, OK

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:38 PM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY
735 PM CST SUN MAR 9 1986

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN
   OKLAHOMA...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER EXTREME
WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING AND IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT AROUND
60 MPH. AT 715 PM THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR ALTUS TO HOBART TO CUSTER CITY TO FAIRVIEW TO ALVA.

EVEN THOUGH THE INTENSITY OF THESE STORMS IS NOT VERY STRONG..THE
WINDS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENHANCE THE ALREADY STRONG
SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS OCCURING OVER WESTERN OKLAHOMA. GUSTS OF
50 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT
2 TO 3 HOURS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 8:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche25 min
Mar 9, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens30 min
Mar 9, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain30 min
Mar 9, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady20 min
Mar 9, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland35 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain, Pottawatomie50 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens50 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Payne50 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter50 min
Mar 9, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc, Seminole41 min
Mar 9, 10:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMurray41 min
Mar 9, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love39 min
Mar 9, 10:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin39 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc, Seminole45 min
Mar 9, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love45 min
Mar 9, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston40 min
Mar 9, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes40 min
Mar 9, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove, Marshall40 min
Mar 10, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha52 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.