Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 658, NWS Norman, OK

September 26, 1996Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1996, 1:06 AM CDT for Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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: Sep 26, 1996, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 26, 1:15 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 53	Red Rock, OK	measured at the Oklahoma mesonet site

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 Sep 25, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 9:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
940 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

WL KEEP DISC BRIEF.  LN STG/SVR TSTMS MOVG SLOWLY ACRS NWRN OK WITH MORE
TSTMS MOVG INTO NRN OK.  LTST SFC ANLYS IS RATHER COMPLEX WITH LOW PRES
OVR OK/TX PNHDLS...WARM FRONT TRAILING THRU ERN OK...AND STG COLD FRNT
TO THE N OVR WRN KS/SE CO.  12Z ETA NAILED PLACEMENT OF SFC FEATURES
THIS EVE...AND PUTS THE COLD FRNT IN NWRN OK BY 12Z THU.  TEMPS OVR WRN
KS/ERN CO QUICKLY DROPPED INTO THE 40S AFTER FRNTL PASSAGE WITH THE AID
OF BRISK NLY WNDS.  TSTMS DVLPG ALG DECENT LOW LVL CNVGC AHEAD OF FRNT
AND SHOULD CONT TO INCRS IN AREAL COVG AS THEY ENCOUNTER BETTER JET
DYNAMICS.  WL MAKE ADJ TO WORDING TO ADD SVR TO ALL BUT THE SRN
ZNS...AND MNTN LOCALLY HVY RAINS.  FLOODING WL BE A PRBLM DUE TO SLOW
MVMNT OF TSTMS/TRAINING ECHOES.  WL ALSO TAKE LAST MINUTE LOOK AT TEMPS
AND WINDS.  GOTTA LUV THOSE 40S...COME ON DOWN.

FCSTID = 25/MCCLURE

.OKC4...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 25, 7:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
720 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

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

06360 PM    9 NW BUFFALO               OK  0.88 INCH HAIL
09/25/96   HARPER

BZ

Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
820 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

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

0740 PM    11 SE BUFFALO              OK  0.75 INCH HAIL
09/25/96   HARPER

0740 PM    2 S SELMAN                 OK  0.88 INCH HAIL
09/25/96   HARPER

0756 PM    1 E MAY                    OK  0.75 INCH HAIL
09/25/96   HARPER

BZ

Local storm report, Sep 25, 9:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
955 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

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

094p0 PM    MANCHESTER                OK   UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF TORNADO
09/25/96   GRANT                          JUST EAST OF TOWN.

J

Local storm report, Sep 25, 11:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1130 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

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

1125 PM    2 W NARDIN                OK   TORNADO
9/25/96    KAY/GRANT                      REPORTED BY SPOTTER ON COUNTY
                                          LINE.

J

Local storm report, Sep 25, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
1145 PM CDT WED SEP 25 1996

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

1120 PM    20 NW ORIENTA             OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
9/25/96    MAJOR

1134 PM    5 N TONKAWA               OK   TORNADO
9/25/96    KAY                            2 BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.

J

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	45 min
Sep 25, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	41 min
Sep 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	60 min
Sep 25, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	3 hr
Sep 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant	28 min
Sep 25, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant	30 min
Sep 25, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	46 min
Sep 25, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	39 min
Sep 25, 10:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant	20 min
Sep 25, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods	49 min
Sep 25, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	30 min
Sep 25, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	53 min
Sep 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kay	45 min
Sep 25, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher	43 min
Sep 25, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	4 hr
Sep 26, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	46 min
Sep 26, 1:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	34 min
Sep 26, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	36 min
Sep 26, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw, Pushmataha	57 min
Sep 26, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	57 min
Sep 26, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw, Pushmataha	50 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.