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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 539, NWS Norman, OK

July 26, 1996Carter County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1996, 4:40 PM CDT for Carter County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1996, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Carter County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:49 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 2:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:08 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 5:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
Jul 26, 7:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
Jul 26, 10:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa116 min
Jul 26, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma43 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin50 min
Jul 26, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie35 min
Jul 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray42 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc30 min
Jul 26, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston36 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc43 min
Jul 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal21 min
Jul 26, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman45 min
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox35 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard43 min
Jul 26, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger40 min
Jul 26, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita33 min
Jul 26, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita, Wilbarger45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.