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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 592, NWS Norman, OK

August 11, 1996Greer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1996, 4:35 PM CDT for Greer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Greer County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDTHail 1Altus Lake, OK
Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Granite, OK
Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Granite, OK
Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDTHail 1Granite, OK
Aug 11, 5:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Mangum (Mesonet), OK
Aug 11, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Mangum (Mesonet), OK
Aug 11, 5:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Mangum, 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, 3:52 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:52 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
3 30 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996

SHORT TERM DISC...TNTE THRU TUE: ETA MUCH STGR ON SW APCNHG FM KS.
FEATURE DEPICTED ON SATL LOOP MATCHED WELL WITH ETA AND THUS FOLLOWED
ETA GUIDANCE MOST CLOSELY. SW PROGD BY ETA TO BE IN S KS BY 00Z THEN
MOVE TO SE OF MLC BY 12Z MON. FEATURE WILL BEGIN TO PRODUCE  MORE
WDSPRD ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES OVR MUCH MORE UNSTABLE AMS LATE THIS PM.
ACTIVITY SHLD MOVE SWD INTO N CNTL...THEN CNTL...ZONES. OTHER
SVR ACTIVITY DVLPNG S OF SFC BNDRIES IN HI CAPE AIR WITH LOTS OF
INSOLATION. LARGE ISOLD RIGHT MOVG SVR STORM IN WRN OK ATTM IS
GENERATING GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTS.

UPR SYS MOVES THRU ALL BUT SRN PTN OF FA FOR MON WITH RHS DROPPING
ALL BUT SE. WL KP POPS IN FOR AM ACRS N CNTL/CNTL THEN THRU AFTN FOR SE.

FOR MON NITE/TUES FNTL BNDRY MOVES N ACRS FA INTO SRN KS BY 48 HRS.
BEST MOISTURE/LEAST CAPPING IN CNTL/ SERN ZNES SO KPT POPS IN THRU TUES.

LONG TERM DISC...WED THRU FRI...REMNANTS OF FNT OVR AREA AND NW FLO ALFT
WL SET STAGE FOR CONTINUED CHCS OF RW/TRW. ESP OVRNIGHTS ON EDGE OF CAP.
HIEST CHCS ON FRI...AS LO LVL RTN MOISTURE FLO INCREASES...LOWEST CHCS
ON THU AS SWRN US RIDGE PUSHES OUT ACRS SRN PLNS AND CAPPING STGST. THRU
EXTD PD HIEST POPS WILL BE NRN AND ERN ZONES.

FCSTID = 7

FIRST GUESS NUMBERS...SUBJECT TO CHANGE

OKC   65  85  67  90 /  50  30  20  30
HBR   67  91  68  94 /  40  10  10  20
SPS   67  91  68  94 /  40  10  10  20
GAG   63  89  65  92 /  30  10  10  10
PNC   64  85  65  89 /  50  20  10  10
DUA   66  87  67  87 /  40  40  30  30

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

PURPURA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 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, 3 hours 15 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, 1 hour 12 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
Local storm report, Aug 11, 4:08 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
410 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM    4 NW ARAPAHO              OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/11/96   CUSTER

0340 PM    FOSS                      OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/11/96   WASHITA

0348 PM    1 S FOSS                  OK   60 MPH WINDS
08/11/96   WASHITA

0355 PM    BRURNS FLAT                OK   83 MPH WIND GUST
08/11/96   WASHITA                        RECORDED BY CLINTON
                                          ASOS.

MCCLURE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter48 min
Aug 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon46 min
Aug 10, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson39 min
Aug 10, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love47 min
Aug 10, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson47 min
Aug 11, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey40 min
Aug 11, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita49 min
Aug 11, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKiowa, Washita37 min
Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa47 min
Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer36 min
Aug 11, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens53 min
Aug 11, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGreer, Jackson38 min
Aug 11, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNJackson40 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon43 min
Aug 11, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens37 min
Aug 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson42 min
Aug 11, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Stephens45 min
Aug 11, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.