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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 620, NWS Norman, OK

September 18, 1996Dewey County, Ellis County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 1996, 7:13 AM CDT for Dewey County, Ellis County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Sep 18, 1996, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 1996, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Woodward County, OK

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 Sep 18, 4:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 4:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 18, 4:08 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 6:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 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
Sep 17, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Knox	33 min
Sep 18, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	40 min
Sep 18, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	49 min
Sep 18, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	58 min
Sep 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Knox	3 hr
Sep 18, 6:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 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.