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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 282, NWS Norman, OK

June 16, 1997Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 7:33 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: Jun 16, 1997, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Arapaho, OK	A large tree was blown over by the high winds.
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Custer City, OK	Tree limbs were blown down.
Jun 16, 8:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Weatherford, OK	measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site

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
Jun 16, 4:15 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 Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0519 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0500 PM    1 SW     MEDFORD          OK   59 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED BY
06/16/97   GRANT                          OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0648 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0640 PM    PONCA CITY                OK   60-70 MPH WINDS WEST SIDE
06/16/97   KAY                            OF PONCA CITY.

MCCAMMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pushmataha	30 min
Jun 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love, Marshall	46 min
Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pushmataha	30 min
Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson	55 min
Jun 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	51 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	46 min
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	43 min
Jun 16, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	43 min
Jun 16, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	52 min
Jun 16, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	48 min
Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	44 min
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	40 min
Jun 16, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	53 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	44 min
Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	44 min
Jun 16, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Grady	40 min
Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Pontotoc	51 min
Jun 16, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	46 min
Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
Jun 16, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	49 min
Jun 16, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	48 min
Jun 16, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	44 min
Jun 16, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	47 min
Jun 16, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	39 min
Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson	51 min
Jun 16, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter	48 min
Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	50 min
Jun 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	49 min
Jun 16, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Stephens	106 min
Jun 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	49 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	39 min
Jun 16, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	46 min
Jun 16, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	44 min
Jun 16, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	41 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.