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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 534, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 3:55 PM CDT for Foard County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 26, 1996, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Crowell, TX |
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 26, 3:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 116 min |
| Jul 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston | 36 min |
| Jul 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal | 21 min |
| Jul 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Wichita | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Wichita, Wilbarger | 45 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.