Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Jun 16, 1997, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Garvin County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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.

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.

000 
TTAA00 KOKC 170311
SVROKC
OKC049-137-170400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1010 PM CDT MON JUN 16 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
     WESTERN AND CENTRAL GARVIN

IN SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
     STEPHENS

     BRAY...COMANCHE...DUNCAN...ELMORE CITY...MARLOW...MAYSVILLE
     AND VELMA

AT 1010 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM COMANCHE TO LAKE FUQUA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAINS HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND
TWIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  SEEK SHELTER INDOORS...AWAY FROM
WINDOWS...AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.


LAT...LON 3456  9718 3430  9813 3463  9810 3484  9740
WR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.