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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 583, NWS Norman, OK

August 10, 1996Cotton County, Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma; Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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: Aug 10, 1996, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 1996, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Cotton County, OK, Wichita County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Aug 10, 6:04 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Burkburnett, TX
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Randlett, OK
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Hail 1.25	Randlett, OK
Aug 10, 6:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Devol, OK
Aug 10, 6:40 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Devol, 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 Aug 10, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	44 min
Aug 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1996 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996 Every 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.