Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 707, NWS Norman, OK

October 31, 1996Coal County, Hughes County, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 31, 1996, 12:12 PM CST for Coal County, Hughes County, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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 31, 1996, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1996, 1:00 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coal County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 31, 12:45 PM CSTHail 0.75Tupelo, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 10:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche43 min
Oct 31, 10:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady46 min
Oct 31, 11:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens32 min
Oct 31, 11:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Grady48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.