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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 734, NWS Norman, OK

November 16, 1996Hughes County, Pontotoc County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1996, 7:35 PM CST for Hughes County, Pontotoc County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 1996, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hughes County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Nov 16, 7:48 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Holdenville, OK
Nov 16, 7:55 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Sasakwa, OK
Nov 16, 7:58 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Francis, 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, 4:08 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 4:08 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:25 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

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

215 PM     ENID                       OK  HAIL
11/16/96   GARFIELD                       1.00 INCH HAIL ON THE WEST
                                          SIDE OF ENID.

SC

Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:30 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
230 PM CST SAT NOV 16 1996

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

215 PM     ENID                       OK  HAIL
11/16/96   GARFIELD                       1.00 INCH HAIL ON THE WEST
                                          SIDE OF ENID.

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:10 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:22 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:32 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 16, 5:35 PM CST, 2 hours 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
Nov 16, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Stephens	49 min
Nov 16, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	49 min
Nov 16, 7:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Stephens	3 hr
Nov 16, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	48 min
Nov 16, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	48 min
Nov 16, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Murray	61 min
Nov 16, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	66 min
Nov 16, 8:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	50 min
Nov 16, 8:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal	59 min
Nov 16, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	60 min
Nov 16, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	63 min
Nov 16, 9:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	56 min
Nov 16, 10:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Choctaw	48 min
Nov 16, 11:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw	65 min
Nov 16, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	50 min

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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.