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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Norman, OK

November 25, 1988Marshall County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 25, 1988, 4:18 PM CST for Marshall County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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: Nov 25, 1988, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Nov 25, 1988, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Marshall 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
Nov 25, 4:25 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Marshall, 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 252220
SVROKC
OKC095-252315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
418 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
          ...MARSHALL
 
AT 417 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM OAKLAND
TO LEBANON. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MARIETTA WHEN THESE STORMS MOVED
THROUGH. OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTEND SOUTH INTO TEXAS AND ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST... THEY MAY ALSO MOVE INTO MARSHALL COUNTY SHORTLY.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, Nov 25, 2:16 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
210 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS FORM RAPIDLY IN MONTAGUE COUNTY....

A SMALL BUT STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED AROUND 2PM
IN NORTHWEST MONTAGUE COUNTY. THIS ACTICITY DEVELOPED RAPIDLY AHEAD
OF A WIND SHIFT/COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE WICHITA FALLS
AREA AT APPROXIMATELY 130 PM CST.

MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST.

RESIDENTS IN NACONA AND OTHER NORTHERN MONTAGUE COUNTY COMMUNITIES
WILL LIKELY RECEIVE TYPICAL THUNDERSTORM TYPE WEATHER BEFORE 3PM CST.

BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THIS THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING TO THE WEST ACROSS MUCH OF THIS
SECTION OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO ALL BUT ELIMINATE ANY FUTURE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTY AREA THIS AFTE\RNOON
AND EVENING.

TODAY HIGH IN WICHITA FALLS WAS 67 DEGREES.

Special weather statement, Nov 25, 4:01 PM CST, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
400 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERSONS IN MONTAGUE
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE GAINSVILLE...
DECATUR AND WEATHERFORD TEXAS VICINITIES. THIS LINE OF ACTIVITY
WAS MOVING EAST WHILE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS TRACK RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST.

NO SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE
OUT OF EASTERN MONTAGUE COUNTY.

DRIER AND STABLE WESTERLY WIND HAS ENDED THE SEVERE THUNDER
STORM THREAT FOR WICHITA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTY AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES
IN THE 40S THIS EVENING.

DIME1 SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF NOCANA AT 235 PM THIS
AFTERNOON.

Local storm report, Nov 25, 4:05 PM CST, 13 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

TIME      COUNTY          EVENT
254 PM    CARTER          GOLF BALL HAIL IN LONE GROVE
258 PM    CARTER          BASEBALL HAIL IN ARDMORE
322 PM    MURRAY          DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND AT DOUGHERTY
330 PM    JOHNSTON        HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE COVERING GROUND
                               IN MILL CREEK
402 PM    LOVE            DIME SIZE HAIL IN MARIETTA

Local storm report, Nov 25, 4:07 PM CST, 11 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA FALLS TX
400 PM CST FRI NOV 25 1988

235  PM  DIME SIZE HAIL S NACONA...MONTAGUE COUNTY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 25, 2:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	64 min
Nov 25, 3:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	45 min
Nov 25, 3:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc	55 min
Nov 25, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	48 min
Nov 25, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc, Seminole	64 min
Nov 25, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	64 min
Nov 25, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	45 min
Nov 25, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	65 min
Nov 25, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw	47 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.