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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Norman, OK

May 15, 1992Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 7:48 PM CDT for Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: May 15, 1992, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 1992, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 7:55 PM CDT	Hail 1.25	Seminole, 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

Local storm report, May 15, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
552 PM FRI MAY 15 1992

TIME(CDT)        COUNTY        LOCATION / REPORT
155 PM           WOODS         DIME SIZE HAIL 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF HOPETON

415 PM           ALFALFA       QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE EAST OF
                               INGERSOLL

420 PM           KAY           QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
                               TO JUST WEST OF BLACKWELL

540 PM           WOODS         DIME SIZE HAIL JUST NORTHEAST OF WAYNOKA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	53 min
May 15, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.