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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Norman, OK

June 23, 1996Ellis County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT for Ellis County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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 23, 1996, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1996, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Ellis County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 23, 5:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Goodwin, OK
Jun 23, 6:15 PM CDTHail 1Goodwin, 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 23, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
310 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1996

ONLY MINOR CHGS ANTICIPATED TO REGIONAL WX THROUGH WEEK WITH CONTD WARM
TEMPS AND MINIMAL CHCS FOR PCPN. STG WV DIGGING INTO W COAST TDA WL HELP
CARVE DEEP COLD TROF NR 130W NEXT FEW DAYS. RESULTING AMPLIFICATION OF
DOWNSTREAM PATTERN WL TEND TO ENHANCE RDGG ACROSS CNTRL AND SRN PLNS.
CAN SEE LITTLE TO BRING SFC FNT ACROSS CNTRL PLNS SWD OR TROF OVR HI
PLNS EWD. THUS WARM TEMPS AND MDT SLY LOW LVL FLOW WL CONT. INCRG ELY
COMP TO 850 MB FLOW MAY HELP TO COOL READINGS A COUPLE OF DEGS BY TUES.

BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR RELIEF...ESP SRN PTNS OF AREA...LIES IN UPR
LOW/TROF OVR WRN GULF. INCRG HGTS ASSOCIATED WTH BLDG RDG WL MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR UPR TROF TO MOV VERY FAR NW...BUT AVN/ETA SUGGEST
INFLUENCE OF TROF MAY EXTEND INTO ARKLATEX AND SERN OK BY LATE MON-TUE
WHICH WUD INCRS CHCS FOR AFTN/EVNG CONVECTION OVR SRN PTNS OF FA.
OUTSIDE CHC WL ALSO EXIST FOR MNLY EVNG/NGTTIME STMS IN WEST
PROVIDING LATE AFTERNOON ACTVY OVR HI PLNS CAN DRIFT INTO AREA. BLDG RDG
SHUD BE MAIN WX FEATURE LATE IN WEEK WTH WDLY SCT TRW TAPERING OFF AND
TEMPERATURES AOA 100 IN WEST.

FCSTID = 16
OKC   72  93  71  92 /   0  10  10  20
HBR   72  97  72  96 /  10  10  10  20
SPS   73  99  72  96 /  10  10  20  20
GAG   70  99  70  97 /  20  10  20  10
PNC   74  99  74  97 /  10   0  10  10
DUA   73  91  72  91 /  10  20  20  20

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:53 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
OKZ004>053-TX083>090-240030-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
455 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1996

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING...IN AN
AREA GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM WAYNOKA...TO ALTUS...TO SEYMOUR
TEXAS...

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME VERY UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ALTHOUGH A STRONG
MID-LEVEL CAP IS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...IN AN AREA OF MAXIMIZED
INSTABILITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT EAST...AND
MAY AFFECT EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE.
DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END BY LATE THIS
EVENING...AS THE ATMOSPHERE STABILIZES DUE TO LOSS OF SOLAR HEATING.

LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN SECTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS.

CB
Local storm report, Jun 23, 5:24 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
525 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 1996

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

0500 PM    12 N SHATTUCK             OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/23/96   ELLIS

FM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis44 min
Jun 23, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis64 min
Jun 23, 6:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis3 hr

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.