Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1996, 6:56 AM CDT for Ellis County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 34 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 13, 1996, 6:56 AM CDT (11:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1996, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Ellis County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 13, 7:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Harmon, 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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 41 min |
| May 13, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 13, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| May 13, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 48 min |
| May 13, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 34 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.