Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 384, NWS Norman, OK

July 21, 1997Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1997, 3:56 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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
Jul 21, 1997, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1997, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 21, 4:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindCrescent, OKThe east side of town was hardest hit by severe thunderstorm winds. Several homes and businesses were damaged by falling trees, a railroad crossing light was blown down, a gas pump was blown over, and a carwash canopy was destroyed by the severe thunderstorm
Jul 21, 4:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Crescent, OK

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis3 hr
Jul 21, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita38 min
Jul 21, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne41 min
Jul 21, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.