Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Norman, OK
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 6:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 8:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 25 min |
| Mar 22, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 12:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 28 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.