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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Norman, OK

September 15, 1987Cleveland County, McClain County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 15, 7:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Oklahoma, OK
Sep 15, 7:34 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Cleveland, OK
Sep 15, 7:54 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Oklahoma, 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln46 min
Sep 15, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole49 min
Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes30 min
Sep 15, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie38 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.