Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 591, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1996, 3:26 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. 7 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 11, 1996, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Arapaho, OK | |
| Aug 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Foss, OK | |
| Aug 11, 3:48 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Foss, OK | |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 72 | (Csm)Arpt Clinton, OK | |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Burns Flat, OK | |
| Aug 11, 4:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Canute, OK | |
| Aug 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 73 | Willow (Mesonet), 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 11, 10:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
OKZ004>006-009-010-110815- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 100 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS... MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLDENVILLE TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE WEST OF ERICK. CLOUDS WERE BREAKING UP AT MIDDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WIDESPREAD SUNSHINE WAS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. SATELLITE PHOTOS AT EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWED A DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS. ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. DAYTIME HEATING AT THE SURFACE ALONG WITH SOME COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS LIKELY THAT SCAATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP... MOST PROBABLY IN THE HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WIND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD...A FEW OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS MAY POSSIBLY REQUIRE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DGN
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OKZ004>006-009-010-112000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 100 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS... MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLDENVILLE TO OKLAHOMA CITY TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE WEST OF ERICK. CLOUDS WERE BREAKING UP AT MIDDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND WIDESPREAD SUNSHINE WAS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. SATELLITE PHOTOS AT EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWED A DISTURBANCE ALOFT MOVING SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS. ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS. DAYTIME HEATING AT THE SURFACE ALONG WITH SOME COOLING ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON. IT IS LIKELY THAT SCAATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP... MOST PROBABLY IN THE HIGHER DEWPOINT AIR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WIND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD...A FEW OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND THE WESTERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS MAY POSSIBLY REQUIRE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DGN
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:23 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 325 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996 TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... 0255 PM ALEDO OK 1.75 INCH HAIL 08/11/96 DEWEY 0300 PM 10 NW CUSTER CITY OK 1.75 INCH HAIL 08/11/96 CUSTER MCCLURE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Kiowa, Washita | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady, Stephens | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Stephens | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 50 min |
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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.