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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Norman, OK

May 30, 1997Clay County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1997, 5:30 AM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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: May 30, 1997, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1997, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clay County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 5:39 AM CDT	Hail 1	Bellevue, 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 May 30, 4:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 11:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 11:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 2:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0225 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0155 AM    6 NE FREDRICK             OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/29/97   TILLMAN

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Local storm report, May 30, 2:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0225 AM CDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0155 AM    6 NEd FREDRICK             OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/29/97   TILLMAN

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The office that day

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, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	45 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

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.