Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Norman, OK

July 21, 1997Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma

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.

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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, 6:10 PM CDTHail 0.88Perkins, OK
Jul 21, 6:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Red Rock, OKmeasured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site
Jul 21, 6:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Red Rock, OKmeasured 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 2:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNEllis3 hr
Jul 21, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita38 min
Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan49 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.