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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 406, NWS Tulsa, OK

October 7, 1994Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 7, 1994, 12:05 PM CDT for Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 1994, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 1994, 12:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Okfuskee County, OK

The radar

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The text

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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 Tulsa, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 7, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 10:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 7, 7:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 7, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 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
Oct 7, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Washington	42 min
Oct 7, 5:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata	45 min
Oct 7, 5:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Nowata, Rogers	51 min
Oct 7, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig	62 min
Oct 7, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Ottawa	68 min
Oct 7, 12:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee	51 min
Oct 7, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Tulsa	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1994 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.