Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1997, 6:04 PM CDT for Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 21, 1997, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Perkins, OK | |
| Jul 21, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Red Rock, OK | measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site |
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Red Rock, OK | measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 33 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.