Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1987, 5:04 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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
- Sep 15, 1987, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1987, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 5:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Oklahoma, OK | |
| Sep 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Kingfisher, OK | |
| Sep 15, 5:14 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Oklahoma, OK | |
| Sep 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Logan, OK | |
| Sep 15, 5:47 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Oklahoma, 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
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 4:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 445 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 526 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. AT 435 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN BRYAN AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES OKLAHOMA. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND EAS~TERN OKLAHOMA. IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN CANADAIN AND CARTER COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Pushmataha | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Logan | 36 min |
| Sep 15, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 28 min |
| Sep 15, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Grady | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Payne | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | McClain, Pottawatomie | 57 min |
| Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin | 57 min |
| Sep 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, 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.