Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1997, 5:03 PM CDT for Custer County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 10, 1997, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Custer County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sentinel, OK | Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a large shed and downed power poles. |
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.
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 Aug 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 102016 AFDOKC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 320 PM CDT SUN AUG 10 1997 THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING IN AREA OF MAXIMUM MOISTURE CONVERGENCE...ALONG A NEARLY STALLED FRONT...AND LITTLE OR NO CAP. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES. FRONT IS FORECAST BY MODELS TO BEGIN TO MOVE BACK NORTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM TONIGHTS CONVECTION MAY INSTEAD REINFORCE THE FRONT AND KEEP IT ACROSS OKLAHOMA. FORECAST IS BASED ON A COMPROMISE BETWEEN KEEPING THE FRONT ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WILL MAKE SOME NORTHWARD PROGRESS BY MONDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR MONDAY ARE TRICKY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF LOCATION OF FRONT AND POSSIBLE STORMS. HAVE AGAIN GENERALLY GONE WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE POSSIBLE EXTREMES. AS MID AND UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THE FRONT SHOULD EVENTUALLY DRIFT BACK NORTH AND TAKE MOST OF THE RAIN CHANCES WITH IT. HOWEVER...A FEW NORTHWESTERLY FLOW STORMS MAY OCCUR THEN. FCSTID = 23 = CMS OKC 72 90 72 92 / 50 30 30 20 HBR 71 94 71 95 / 40 30 20 20 SPS 73 95 73 95 / 30 20 10 10 GAG 68 88 68 92 / 30 30 40 20 PNC 72 88 72 90 / 40 40 40 30 DUA 73 93 73 93 / 20 20 10 10 .OKC... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.