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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 422, NWS Norman, OK

August 17, 1997Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1997, 7:27 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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: Aug 17, 1997, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Archer County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Windthorst, TX	An F0 tornado touched down in an open field about 1/2 mile west of Highway 16. It was on the ground for about 3 minutes and did no reported damage.
Aug 17, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Windthorst, TX	An F0 tornado touched down briefly about 1/5 miles west of Highway 16. No damage was reported.

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, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
600 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

555 PM     IOWA PARK                 TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/17/97   WICHITA

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
635 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

610 PM     HENRIETTA                 TX   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/97   CLAY                           TRAILER TURNED OVER IN
                                          HENRIETTA.

630 PM     6 N HENRIETTA             TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/17/97   CLAY

632 PM     IOWA PARK                 TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/17/97   WICHITA

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:38 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
635 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

610 PM     HENRIETTA                 TX   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/97   CLAY                           TRAILER TURNED OVER IN
                                          HENRIETTA.

630 PM     6 N HENRIETTA             TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/17/97   CLAY

632 PM     IOWA PARK                 TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/17/97   WICHITA

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 7:17 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
640 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

530 PM     7 NW HENRIETTA            TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   CLAY                           TRACKER TRAILER TURNED OVER ON
                                          HWY 287.

530 PM     HENRIETTA                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/17/97   CLAY                           POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN.
                                          ALSO SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED
                                          IN HENRIETTA.

636 PM     WICHITA FALLS             TX   68 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/97   WICHITA

640 PM     LAKESIDE CITY             TX   60-65 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/97   ARCHER

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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, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	64 min
Aug 18, 9:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Aug 18, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc	42 min
Aug 18, 2:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Murray	3 hr
Aug 18, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Pontotoc	47 min
Aug 18, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal	46 min
Aug 18, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	50 min
Aug 18, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher	42 min
Aug 18, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	48 min
Aug 18, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	30 min
Aug 17, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	30 min
Aug 17, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Wilbarger	53 min
Aug 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Archer	32 min
Aug 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	48 min
Aug 17, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	46 min
Aug 17, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	49 min
Aug 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	60 min

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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.