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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 716, NWS Norman, OK

November 16, 1996Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1996, 2:05 PM CST for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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: Nov 16, 1996, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 1996, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Washita County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 16, 2:30 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Dill City, OK
Nov 16, 2:40 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Bessie (Mesonet), 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 Nov 16, 2:00 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 2:00 PM CST, 5 minutes before

FPUS3 KOKC 162000
AFDOKC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
200 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

HV DROPPED WIND ADVISORY ACRS EXTREME NW. LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATE
MOST INTENSE STORMS AREA ACRS SWRN ZNS...IN REGION OF BEST
INSTABILITY...WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTH AND WEST FM NEAR A CSM...OKC...SPS
LINE.

.OKC...
OK...WND ADVSY TDY ZNS 6>8..11>31, 33>39, 44, 45.
     CAUTION ON AREA LAKES ZNS 4..5..9..10
TX...WND ADVSY TDY ZNS 83>90.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:27 PM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 12:30 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:44 PM CST, 21 minutes before

OKZ004-005-009-010-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
144 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1134...HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR
ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS...AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...THE WIND ADVISORY
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND SPEEDS
HAVE DECREASED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ACROSS THIS AREA...AND NO
FURTHER INCREASE IN WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.

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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:46 PM CST, 19 minutes before

OKZ004-005-009-010-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
144 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1134...HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR
ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS...AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION...THE WIND ADVISORY
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS SAME AREA HAS BEEN CANCELED. WIND SPEEDS
HAVE DECREASED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ACROSS THIS AREA...AND NO
FURTHER INCREASE IN WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 12:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	4 hr
Nov 16, 12:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Grant	4 hr
Nov 16, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer	35 min
Nov 16, 2:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	35 min
Nov 16, 2:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kay, Noble	3 hr
Nov 16, 2:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	36 min
Nov 16, 2:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	47 min
Nov 16, 2:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	37 min
Nov 16, 3:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	48 min
Nov 16, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Comanche	45 min
Nov 16, 3:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	52 min
Nov 16, 3:54 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher	3 hr
Nov 16, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	41 min
Nov 16, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	51 min
Nov 16, 4:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Nov 16, 4:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	48 min
Nov 16, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	44 min
Nov 16, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	45 min
Nov 16, 5:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	36 min
Nov 16, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson	30 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.