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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 326, NWS Norman, OK

June 29, 1997Greer County, Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 7:28 PM CDT for Greer County, Harmon County, Jackson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 29, 1997, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGould, OKTwo-inch diameter tree limbs were blown from trees.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997

TSTM COMPLEX WHICH MOVED THROUGH SRN KS AND XTRM NRN OK THIS MRNG
LEFT AN OUTFLO BNDRY ACRS NRN OK. BNDRY HAS PRETTY MUCH WASHED OUT IN
NWRN OK BUT SAT AND MESONET STILL SHOW SOME EVIDENCE OF BNDRY IN NCNTRL
OK.. 12Z UA DATA SHOWD WARMER H7 TMPS OVR THE WEST WITH CAP WKNG FRTHR E
INTO OK. MORE TSTMS EXPECTED TO DVLP THIS  AFTN/EVE OVER THE CNTRL HI
PLAINS WITH THIS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO TRACK E/SEWD. MID LVL TMPS CONTG
TO WARM THRU THE PD. CAP WILL PROBLY BE TOO STG OVR NWRN OK FOR STMS TO
BRK THRU BUT CAP EXPECTED TO BE WKR OVR NCNTRL ZONES AND WILL KEEP POPS
UP THERE. CUD SEE WDLY SCT SHWRS/TSTMS OVR THE SE THIS EVENING WITH VRY
MOIST AMS AND REL WK CAP BUT ANY THAT DVLPS THERE SHUD DIE OUT SHORTLY
AFT SS. STG STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALG SFC BNDRY IN THE TX PANHANDLE THIS
AFTN. THIS ACTIVITY MAY APCH WRN BORDER ZONES BFR DSPTG LATER TONIGHT.
UPR RDG BUILDS OVR THE FA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WARM MID LVL TMPS
EXPECTED TO SUPPRESS TSTM DVLPMNT. THUS WILL DROP POPS AFTER TONIGHT.
TMPS EXPECTED TO GRDLY WRM..ESP ON TUESDAY AS SFC TROF BEGINS TO MOVE
EWD IN CNTRL PLAINS VEERING LO LVL FLO ACRS FA.

FCSTID = 02
OKC   73  94  74  96 /  20  10  10  10
HBR   73 100  74 102 /  20  10  10  10
SPS   75  98  75 100 /  10  10  10  10
GAG   71  98  72 100 /  20  20  10  10
PNC   75  97  76 100 /  30  30  10  10
DUA   74  93  74  95 /  20  10  10  10

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant40 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay47 min
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant50 min
Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNNoble45 min
Jun 29, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay33 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant3 hr
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
Jun 29, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble47 min
Jun 29, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman47 min
Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Noble, Payne48 min
Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa48 min
Jun 29, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods35 min
Jun 29, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Payne52 min
Jun 29, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant48 min
Jun 29, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods33 min
Jun 29, 10:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant3 hr
Jun 29, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan42 min
Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant45 min
Jun 30, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie30 min
Jun 30, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr
Jun 30, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant3 hr
Jun 30, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine50 min
Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman47 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.