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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 1997Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1997, 7:20 PM CDT for Bryan 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: Jun 9, 1997, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Durant, OK	Power lines were blown down.
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Caddo, 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 Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
600 PM CDT MON JUN 09 1997

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

529 PM     FOSTER                    OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/97   GARVIN

552 PM     3 S RATLIFF CITY          OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/09/97   CARTER

MCCLURE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:40 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
640 PM CDT MON JUN 09 1997

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

620 PM     1 N MILO                  OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/97   CARTER

600 PM     3 NE ADA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/97   PONTOTOC                       POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
                                          3 1/2 MILES EAST OF HWY 99

625 PM     1 N RINGLING              OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/09/97   JEFFERSON

MCCLURE

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:43 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT MON JUN 09 1997

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

615 PM     4 NE ADA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/97   PONTOTOC                       ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES
                                          2 SMALL BARNS BLOWN AWAY
                                          POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
                                          IN OAKMAN

MCCLURE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	39 min
Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	52 min
Jun 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	48 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	45 min
Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	62 min
Jun 9, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	39 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	62 min
Jun 9, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	51 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	41 min
Jun 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	49 min
Jun 9, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Pushmataha	53 min
Jun 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	43 min
Jun 9, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Choctaw	49 min
Jun 9, 9:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Stephens	3 hr
Jun 9, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	43 min
Jun 9, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pushmataha	50 min
Jun 9, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw	42 min
Jun 9, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	48 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.