Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1994, 3:05 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
- Aug 17, 1994, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1994, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Kingfisher County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Kingfisher, 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.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 17, 3:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 170758 AFDOKC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 300 AM CDT WED AUG 17 1994 FA CONTS UNDER NWLY FLO ALF WITH SCANTY MSTR. SMALL CLUSTER OF TRW IN NRN KS SHUD CONT TO DIE OUT AS IT MOVE INTO DRY AIR AND LGTR H8 WINDS. ONLY AFFECTS ANTICIPATED IN OK IS A FEW CI WHICH SHUD NOT DETRACT FM MOSUNNY SKIES TDY. GRADIENT PICKS UP A LTL IN THE NW WHERE S WNDS WL BE IN THE 10-20 RNG. ELSEWHERE...LGT SLY/SELY LO LVL FLO WL PVL. H8 FLO EXPCTD TO PICK SOME TNGT ALG WITH INCRG LO LVL MSTR...BUT WARMING MID LVL TEMPS SUG THAT ANY CNVTN THAT FIRES LT SHUD BE MOSTLY MID LVL BASED. EXAMINATION OF H7 CHARTS AND PROGGED WND FLO REVEALS THAT LTL IF ANY MID LVL MSTR WL BE AVBL FOR OUR AREA TNGT. A FEW TRW MAY FIRE UP ALG SFC CNVGC ZN IN NERN CO/NWRN KS AND SPILL SOME AC/CI INTO NWRN OK SO WL GO PTCLDY THERE TNGT. TSTMS SHUD DIE OUT IN WRN KS BEFORE MAKING IT INTO FA. SLOW DAY TO DAY WARMING EXPCTD IN MAXES THRU END OF WK. MOS SEEMS A LTL TOO WARM IN THE SW TDY AND TOO WARM TNGT IN ENTIRE AREA. ..04.. GAG 96/67/97 011 PNC 94/68/96 011 HBR 94/69/96 011 SPS 96/70/99 010 OKC 94/67/95 000 DUA 92/70/94 000 .OKC...NONE. .TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 17, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
200 PM CDT WED AUG 17 1994
TIME/DATE COUNTY EVENT
147-152 PM ALFALFA DIME SIZE HAIL AND 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
BLEW DOWN A POWER POLE AND RIPPED THE DOORS
OFF A BARN 8 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER.
MTEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 31 min |
| Aug 17, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Garfield, Major | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 66 min |
| Aug 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 62 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.