Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1987, 5:13 PM CDT for Caddo County, Comanche County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- Jul 17, 1987, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1987, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Grady County, OK
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Grady, OK | |
| Jul 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Comanche, OK | |
| Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Caddo, OK | |
| Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Grady, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
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
Local storm report, Jul 17, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 411 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987 TIME COUNTY REPORT 408 PM COMANCHE WINDS GREATER THAN 70 MPH IN INDIAHOMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche | 33 min |
| Jul 17, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady | 32 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.