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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 437, NWS Norman, OK

August 18, 1997Comanche County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT for Comanche County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 18, 1997, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Comanche County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 18, 7:10 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Lawton, OK	KSWO-TV in Lawton received several reports of golfball-size hail.

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 18, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0345 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1997

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

0220 PM    SULPHUR                    OK   .75 INCH HAIL AT CHICKASAW
08/18/97   MURRAY                          NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.

0300 PM    SULPHUR                    OK   FLASH FLOODING
08/18/97   MURRAY                          POLICE DEPT. REPORTED CITY
                                           PARK IN SULPHUR CLOSED DUE
                                           HIGH WATER.

0240 PM   MILL CREEK                  OK   WIND DAMAGE.
08/18/97  JOHNSTON                  N       E.O.C. REPORTED SIDING BLOWN
.                                          OFF HOUSE IN MILL CREEK.

0320 PM   7 S FITTSTOWN               OK   .75 INCH HAIL.
08/18/97  PONTOTOC

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
0350 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1997

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

0335 PM    SULPHUR                    OK   FLASH FLOODING.
08/18/97   MURRAY                          CHICKASAW NATIONAL RECREATION
                                           AREA. SEVERAL AREAS CLOSED
                                           DUE HIGH WATER.

J

Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
635 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1997

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

633 PM     3 SW RUSH SPRINGS          OK   70 MPH WIND GUST
08/18/97   GRADY

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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 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	42 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	46 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	46 min
Aug 18, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	40 min
Aug 18, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	47 min
Aug 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	49 min
Aug 18, 8:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	3 hr
Aug 18, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	36 min
Aug 18, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	46 min
Aug 18, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	45 min
Aug 18, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	46 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.