Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1987, 7:14 PM CDT for Cleveland County, McClain County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 3 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, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cleveland County, OK, McClain 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, 7:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Oklahoma, OK | |
| Sep 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Cleveland, OK | |
| Sep 15, 7:54 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, 2 hours 28 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.
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 535 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1987 AT 530 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND WESTOVER. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. THIS THUNDER STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT THIS MOVEMENT...THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE V%ICINITY OF DUNDEE AND MANKINS DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR TO 45 MINUTES. ELSEWHERE IN THIS PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF YOUNG COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 545 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 526 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA. AT 535 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CANADAIN...KINGFISHER...LOGAN...AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ATOKA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 545 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 526 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA... AT 535 PM CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CANADAIN...KINGFISHER...LOGAN...AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. ALSO A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ATOKA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT WAS TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX 625 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 11PM CDT ...ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY...JACK... MONTAGUE...WICHITA...WILBARGER...AND YOUNG... AT 620 PM THE WICHITA FALLS RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF WINDTHORST MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE ARROWHEAD SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS THUNDERSTORM. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPINGS OVER SOUTHWESTERN YOUNG COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 6:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| Sep 15, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Seminole | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 38 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.