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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Norman, OK

April 21, 1996Garfield County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 1996, 8:28 PM CDT for Garfield County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1996, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Garfield County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 21, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 21, 4:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
420 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....

250 PM       4 S VERNON               TX       2.5 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WILBARGER

305 PM       8 N STILLWATER           OK       2.5 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     PAYNE

309 PM       3 N ELECTRA              TX       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

335 PM       LAKE KICKAPOO            TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     ARCHER

340 PM       TIPTON                   OK       2.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     TILLMAN

358 PM       WICHITA FALLS            TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

420 PM       10 NE PERRY              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     NOBLE

FM
Local storm report, Apr 21, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
550 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....

345 PM       SNYDER                   OK       1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     KIOWA

415 PM       ROOSEVELT                OK       1.50 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     KIOWA

430 PM       LAKE KICKAPOO            TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

430 PM       ELECTRA                  TX       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

430 PM       MEERS                    OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     COMANCHE

435 PM       3 E WALTERS              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     COTTON

456 PM       GRANDFIELD               OK       0.88 HAIL
04/21/96     TILLMAN

458 PM       3 SE HOLLIDAY            TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     ARCHER

500 PM       SEYMOUR                  TX       2.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     BAYLOR

504 PM       ADDINGTON                OK       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     JEFFERSON

505 PM       7 E ADDINGTON            OK       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     JEFFERSON                         COVERING GROUND

510 PM       MABELLE                  TX       2.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     BAYLOR

523 PM       12 E COMANCHE            OK       2.50 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     STEPHENS

525 PM       2 E WALTERS              OK       0.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     COTTON

525 PM       9 S ELECTRA              TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

530 PM       5 N HEALDTON             OK       1.00 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     CARTER

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Local storm report, Apr 21, 6:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
7 00 PM CDT SUN APR 21 1996

TIME(CDT)   .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE        ....COUNTY LOCATION....

530 PM       PERTOLIA                 TX       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     CLAY

547 PM       ELECTRA                  TX       0.88 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     WICHITA

554 PM       LAWTON                   OK       1.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96    P COMANCHE

557 PM       1 E WAURIKA              OK       2.75 INCH HAIL
04/21/96     JEFFERSON

612 PM       10 S ELECTRA             TX       2.50 INCH HAIL
04/21/96

PURPURA
Local storm report, Apr 21, 7:59 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma53 min
Apr 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Tillman63 min
Apr 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo63 min
Apr 21, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble43 min
Apr 21, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc39 min
Apr 21, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMurray39 min
Apr 21, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita62 min
Apr 21, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan41 min
Apr 21, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc50 min
Apr 21, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble41 min
Apr 21, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne48 min
Apr 21, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Grady44 min
Apr 21, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian40 min
Apr 21, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson60 min
Apr 21, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes38 min
Apr 21, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma37 min
Apr 21, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove68 min
Apr 21, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole33 min
Apr 21, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pontotoc50 min
Apr 21, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie50 min
Apr 21, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove62 min
Apr 21, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan68 min
Apr 21, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian40 min
Apr 21, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove, Marshall58 min
Apr 21, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady41 min
Apr 21, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland46 min
Apr 21, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan68 min
Apr 21, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBryan45 min
Apr 21, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole27 min
Apr 21, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole29 min
Apr 21, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Pushmataha63 min
Apr 21, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall63 min
Apr 21, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pontotoc27 min
Apr 21, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole27 min
Apr 21, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNPushmataha61 min
Apr 22, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole45 min
Apr 22, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan51 min
Apr 22, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc41 min
Apr 22, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw40 min
Apr 22, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc43 min
Apr 22, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc42 min
Apr 22, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Choctaw50 min
Apr 22, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNChoctaw46 min
Apr 22, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston, Pontotoc40 min
Apr 22, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha41 min
Apr 22, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson68 min
Apr 22, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPushmataha32 min
Apr 21, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay, Wichita45 min
Apr 21, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay53 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.