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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 588, NWS Norman, OK

October 2, 1994Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Major County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1994, 4:58 PM CDT for Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Major County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 1994, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK

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 Oct 2, 4:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 4:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
330 PM CDT SUN OCT 2 1994

1 -2 DAY DISC...CURRENT CONVCTN ACRS NW/ N CNTL OK FIRING ALONG S/W
LOCATED FM NRN KS THRU OK. MDLS SHOW HIER RH'S ASSOC WITH S/W TO
CONT TO MOV CNTL AND ERN OK OVRNGHT...SO HAVE POPS IN FOR CNTL AND SE OK
TNTE. NEXT 2 DAYS IN IN SWLY DIFL FLO PCPN PSBL ACRS ENTR FA...BUT BEST
POPS IN ERN PTNS IN BEST LO LVL...BEST CHCS IN AFTN HRS WITH MAX HTNG.
UPR RDG OVR SW CANADA CUTS OFF WRN UPR LO OFF FM WRLYS...AND IT CONT TO
DIG SSWD ACRS WRN US IN 1 TO 2 DAY PD. RESULT FOR FA IS TO KP SLY FLO
AT SFC AND SWLY ALOFT OVR AREA.

XTND DISC...IN EXTENDED PD...LO BGNS TO LIFT OUT TO E. BY LATE
TUE...ERLY WED SWLY FLO INCREASES. STG  CDFNT POSED TO MOVE OVR AREA
LATE THU - ERLY FRI AND BRING AN END TO WM PATRN. CONT SWLY FLO MAKES
IT HARD TO GET A HANDLE ON TIMING OF PCPN EVENTS. THUS WILL KP 20-30 PCT
POPS IN MOST ZNES WED THRU FRI.

FCSTID=07
HBR   59  90  58  85 / 20  20  20  30
OKC   60  86  58  81 / 30  30  20  30
SPS   59  90  58  85 / 20  20  20  30
GAG   55  88  54  81 / 10  20  20  20
PNC   59  87  57  80 / 30  30  20  30
DUA   62  88  60  85 / 20  30  20  30

.OKC...NONE.
*.TX...NONE.

PURPURA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
205 PM CDT SUN OCT 02 1994

TIME/DATE        COUNTY            EVENT

145 PM/2ND       MAJOR             DIME SIZE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF
    6                               ORIENTA

JMW
Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
205 PM CDT SUN OCT 02 1994

TIME/DATE        COUNTY            EVENT

145 PM/2ND       MAJOR             DIME SIZE HAIL 10 MILES WEST OF
                                   ORIENTA

JMW
Local storm report, Oct 2, 4:05 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CDT SUN OCT 02 1994

TIME/DATE        COUNTY           EVENT

315 PM/2ND       MAJOR            DIME SIZE HAIL AND 2 INCH DIAM. TREE
                                  LIMBS DOWN 8.25 MILES WEST OF ORIENTA.

340 PM/2ND       MAJOR            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ORIENTA.

JMW

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
405 PM CDT SUN OCT 02 1994

TIME/DATE        COUNTY           EVENT

315 PM/2ND       MAJOR            DIME SIZE HAIL AND 2 INCH DIAM. TREE
 R                                 LIMBS DOWN 8.25 MILES WEST OF ORIENTA.

340 PM/2ND       MAJOR            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ORIENTA.

JMW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward51 min
Oct 2, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woods45 min
Oct 2, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor42 min
Oct 2, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor39 min
Oct 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Major50 min
Oct 2, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher32 min
Oct 2, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield48 min
Oct 2, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

Sources

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