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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Norman, OK

March 22, 1987Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 1987, 8:47 PM CST for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 1987, 8:47 PM CST (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1987, 9:30 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Dewey 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 22, 6:30 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
630 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..ARCHER..BAYLOR..FOARD..HARDEMAN..KNOX..
WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTOMS WERE NOTED ALONG THE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS
BORDER FROM WEST OF GAGE OKLAHOMA TO JUST NORTH OF CHILDRESS TEXAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

O-THER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILD INTO THE SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS
EAST OF LUBBUCK.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 6:32 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
630 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

AT 625 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED
ACROSS THE EASTER%N OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE SOUTH ALONG THE WESTERN
OKLAHOMA BORDER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
730 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 2AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY..FOARD..HARDEMAN..
KNOX..WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTOM WAS IN PROGESS NEAR PADUCAH TEXAS
AND NORTH OF CHILDRESS ALONG THE TEXAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR HOLLIS
OKLAHOMA.

ANOTHER CLUSTEVR OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WAS NOTED
IN THE GAGE OKLAHOMA VICINITY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:33 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
735 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

AT 725 PM...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE
EASTERN PORTIONo OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE EXTREME NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE NEAR ERICK IN BECKHAM COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:28 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
830 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987

A TORNADO WATCH IN IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING NORTH
CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES..ARCHER..BAYLOR..CLAY..FOARD..HARDEMAN..KNOX
WICHITA..WILBARGER AND YOUNG.

A PACIFIC COLD FRONT HAD ADVANCED TO EAST OF AMARILLO TO THE LUBBUCK
VICINITY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND BETWEEN AMARILLO
AND LUBBUCK.

ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO NOTED IN WESTERN AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 22, 8:37 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
835 PM CST SUN MAR 22 1987]

AT 825 PM...OKLAHOMA CITY RADAR INDICATED THAT A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE...THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTCENTRAL
OKLAHOMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN HARPER AND
WOODS COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN BECKHAM AND ROGER
MILLS COUNTIES IN THE WESTCENTRAL PORTION OF OKLAHOMA.

MOVEMENT OF OF ALL STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis45 min
Mar 22, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNEllis30 min
Mar 22, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNHarper37 min
Mar 22, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNEllis33 min
Mar 22, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills37 min
Mar 22, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNHarper, Woods45 min
Mar 22, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills36 min
Mar 22, 8:43 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills32 min
Mar 22, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper48 min
Mar 22, 9:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills25 min
Mar 22, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills48 min
Mar 22, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham48 min
Mar 22, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward45 min
Mar 22, 11:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
Mar 23, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson46 min
Mar 23, 12:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa40 min
Mar 23, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne28 min

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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.