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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Norman, OK

June 3, 1996Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 3:35 PM CDT for Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 3, 1996, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cleveland County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Del City, OK
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDTHail 1Oklahoma City, 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.

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 Jun 3, 10:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 10:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1230 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM ALVA TO LAWTON TO COALGATE.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHWESTERN
OKLAHOMA TO NORTH TEXAS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS
MORNING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT...
BUT THE CLOUDS ARE CLEARING AND THE AIRMASS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN
DESTABILIZE.

THUNDERSTORM RE-DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...WITH ANY ACTIVITY IN THE PANHANDLE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AND CLIPPING WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THE MAIN THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL REMAIN TO THE WEST IN THE
PANHANDLE...BUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS FURTHER EAST WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

SPOTTER GROUPS IN WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TXZ083>090-041200-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
200 PM CDT MON JUN 3 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

THE STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS HAS BECOME DIFFUSE...WHILE
ANOTHER BOUNDARY HAS STRENGTHENED OVER CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM GAGE TO
OKLAHOMA CITY TO MCALESTER. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AND THESE STORMS ARE
NOW EXPECTED TO COME FURTHER NORTH INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

FORECAST STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND
LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS SUGGEST THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND BE
PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor41 min
Jun 3, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher54 min
Jun 3, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson40 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole45 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma45 min
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole46 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln45 min
Jun 3, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady41 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita51 min
Jun 3, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.