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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
- May 29, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1997, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Tangier, OK | |
| May 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Sharon, OK | |
| May 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Sharon, OK | Brief tornado touchdown. No reported damage. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 May 29, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 65 min |
| May 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 36 min |
| May 29, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 25 min |
| May 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 33 min |
| May 29, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey, Ellis | 45 min |
| May 29, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 50 min |
| May 29, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 47 min |
| May 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 29 min |
| May 29, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 30 min |
| May 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 45 min |
| May 30, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| May 30, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 29 min |
| May 30, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 2 hr |
| May 30, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 30 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.