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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Tulsa, OK

March 30, 1989Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1989, 11:08 AM CST for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 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: Mar 30, 1989, 11:08 AM CST (17:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1989, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee 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
Mar 30, 11:30 AM CST	Hail 0.75	Adair, 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, Mar 30, 5:47 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:34 AM CST, 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 4:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Pawnee	65 min
Mar 30, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okfuskee	55 min
Mar 30, 9:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Okmulgee	68 min
Mar 30, 10:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Muskogee	67 min
Mar 30, 10:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Sequoyah	28 min
Mar 30, 11:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Washington	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1989 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.