Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1996, 4:53 AM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
- May 26, 1996, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1996, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Kiowa County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 26, 2:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon | 40 min |
| May 26, 6:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo | 40 min |
| May 26, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 45 min |
| May 26, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 44 min |
| May 26, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 51 min |
| May 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 40 min |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 29 min |
| May 26, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 39 min |
| May 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian | 63 min |
| May 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Grady | 47 min |
| May 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 40 min |
| May 26, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 43 min |
| May 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Grady | 38 min |
| May 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 27 min |
| May 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 32 min |
| May 25, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 32 min |
| May 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.