Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 438, NWS Norman, OK

June 15, 1996Blaine County, Caddo County, Canadian County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1996, 4:03 PM CDT for Blaine County, Caddo County, Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 15, 1996, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1996, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 4:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Calumet, 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 15, 2:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills44 min
Jun 14, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills50 min
Jun 14, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNRoger Mills3 hr
Jun 15, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham, Custer, Washita3 hr
Jun 15, 1:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNRoger Mills3 hr
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine32 min
Jun 15, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady41 min
Jun 15, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Murray38 min
Jun 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.