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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Tulsa, OK

April 1, 1988Delaware County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1988, 2:50 PM CST for Delaware County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 1988, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 1988, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Delaware 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, Apr 1, 1:21 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 2:29 PM CST, 21 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA, OK
229 PM CST FRI APR 01 1988

 TIME/CST COUNTY      EVENT  (CD=CIVIL DEFENSE  OHP=OK HIGHWAY PAT'L)
 2 17 PM  WAGONER     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST NORTH OF WAGO"NER, OK
                      REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTER.

 225 PM   MAYES       PEA SIZE HAIL IN CHOUTEAU, OK

 1 50 PM  WAGONER     PEA SIZE HAIL IN PORTER, OK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 1, 12:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	50 min
Apr 1, 1:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Wagoner	53 min
Apr 1, 3:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	49 min
Apr 1, 3:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sebastian	65 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.