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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Norman, OK

May 14, 1990Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT for Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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: May 14, 1990, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, OK, Roger Mills 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
May 14, 7:15 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Roger Mills, OK
May 14, 7:45 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Ellis, OK
May 14, 8:00 PM CDT	Hail 1	Ellis, 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, May 14, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	48 min
May 14, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	58 min
May 14, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	56 min
May 14, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	55 min
May 15, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	52 min
May 15, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	43 min
May 15, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	48 min
May 15, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	55 min
May 15, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer	42 min
May 15, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher, Major	61 min
May 15, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan	61 min
May 15, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	58 min
May 15, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	33 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.