Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Norman, OK

June 29, 1997Alfalfa County, Grant County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 7:40 PM CDT for Alfalfa County, Grant County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 min. 6 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 29, 1997, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1997, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Grant County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDTHail 0.75Manchester, OK
Jun 29, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm WindManchester, OKSevere winds blew the door off a barn.
Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Deer Creek, OK
Jun 29, 7:50 PM CDTHail 1Medford, OK
Jun 29, 8:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 58Medford, OKmeasured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
Jun 29, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindPond Creek, OKNumerous small tree limbs were downed.

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, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0737 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997

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

0720 PM     3 W     GOULD            OK   71 MPH WIND GUST, MEASURED
06/29/97   HARMON                         OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

0725 PM     8 E     NEWKIRK          OK   61 MPH WIND GUST, MEASURED
06/29/97   KAY                            OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

0730 PM     8 E     NEWKIRK          OK   61 MPH WIND GUST, MEASURED
06/29/97   KAY                            OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

MCCLURE

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, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson47 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

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

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.