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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 666, NWS Norman, OK

October 20, 1996Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 1996, 4:25 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Oct 20, 1996, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 20, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hardeman County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 20, 4:36 PM CDTHail 0.75Quanah, TX

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 Oct 20, 3:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 3:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
330 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 1996

CDFNT HAS EDGED INTO NWRN CORNER OF OK THIS AFTN WHILE TO THE SW AN AREA
OF SCT TSTMS HAS DVLPD IN THE SERN TX PH. FNT MOVG ON THROUGH MUCH OF
THE FA TNGT WHILE LARGE AMP UPR TROF DVLPS AND APRCHS FM THE W. SUF
DESTABILIZATION TO WARRANT MENTION OF TSTMS MST ALL ZONES TNGT THO LO
LVL MSTR WL BE SHALLOW DUE TO VEERING LO LVL WNDS AHD OF THE FNTL ZONE.
THE REAL CAA LAGS THE FNT CONSIDERABLY AND WL GET STARTED LATE TNGT
AND TMRW WITH STEADY OR VRY SLOLY FALLING TEMPS EXPECTED MUCH OF THE
AREA BY LATE MRNG. WITH GOOD LIFT FM APRCHG UPR WV... CLOUDY SKIES AND
CHC OF RAIN ALSO ANTICIPATED. MODELS SHOW THICKNESS VALUES SUF COLD FOR
SOME OF THE RAIN TO BCM MXD WITH SNOW NWRN COUNTIES BEFORE THE
THREAT OF PCPN TAPERS OFF BY ERY MON NGT WITH END OF UVV FROM THE UPR
SYSM.

FCSTID = 12
OKC   53  55  36  50 /  30  40  20  10
HBR   49  52 < 36  52 /  30  50  20  10
SPS   59  64  38  56 /  30  40  30  10
GAG   40  42  29  47 /  30  40  20  10
PNC   50  53  35  48 /  30  40  30  10
DUA   63  66  45  56 /  30  40  30  10

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman40 min
Oct 20, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman47 min
Oct 20, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche51 min
Oct 20, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Stephens44 min
Oct 20, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.