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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 288, NWS Norman, OK

June 16, 1997Stephens County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1997, 8:38 PM CDT for Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Stephens County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 9:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 69	Comanche, OK	Severe winds estimated at 75 to 80 mph caused widespread tree, limb, and structural damage in Comanche. Significant damage occurred at the high school gymnasium, where a large window was blown in and northeast portions of the roof were torn off. Damage to th
Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Marlow, OK
Jun 16, 9:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Marlow, OK	Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and knocked out power to the eastern part of town.

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, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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

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

0640 PM    PONCA CITY                OK   60-70 MPH WINDS WEST SIDE
06/16/97   KAY                            OF PONCA CITY.

MCCAMMON

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:49 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0749 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

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

0730 PM    5 SW     BUTLER           OK   58 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED BY
06/16/97   CUSTER                         OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0837 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

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

0815 PM    2 NE ELDORADO             OK   67 MPH WINDS.
06/16/97   JACKSON

0815 PM    8 E NEWKIRK               OK   63 MPH WIND GUST...MEASURED
06/16/97   KAY                            OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK.

0837 PM    EMPIRE CITY               OK   1.75 INCH HAIL.
06/16/97   STEPHENS

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, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	42 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, 8:42 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.