Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 516, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1996, 10:11 PM CDT for Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 23, 1996, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1996, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Laverne, 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 Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 905 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 1996 GOOD TREND IN CURRENT FCSTS...BUT WL FINE TUNE JUST A BIT FOR TIMING AND EMPHASIS ON N CNTRL AND NW PTNS. SLGT WKNG TREND IN STORM SE OF DDC PAST FEW SCANS...ACMPND BY WRMG TREND IN IR IMAGES. MIGHT MAKE WOODS COUNTY BFR DSPTG...BUT SHOULD BE RATHER WEAK. SOME OUTFLOW APRNT FM CLSTR NR DDC COULD ALSO AID DVLPMNT IN NW PTNS NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. MOST INTERESTING IS STRNGR CNVCN ON CO/KS LINE WHICH SHUD MAKE NW OK LTR TNGT WITH FVRBL NW FLOW ALOFT. .OKC... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. DM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Washita | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 63 min |
| Jul 24, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 63 min |
| Jul 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Custer, Dewey | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 47 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.