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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 414, NWS Norman, OK

August 17, 1997Jefferson County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 4:43 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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 17, 1997, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 1997, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Jefferson County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Addington, 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.

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 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:39 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 4:40 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major	40 min
Aug 17, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	61 min
Aug 17, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	39 min
Aug 17, 8:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	29 min
Aug 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	44 min
Aug 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	51 min
Aug 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	47 min
Aug 17, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	47 min
Aug 17, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	64 min
Aug 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	51 min
Aug 17, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	45 min
Aug 17, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	65 min

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.