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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 446, NWS Norman, OK

August 19, 1997Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1997, 6:14 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 19, 1997, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Hardeman County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 6:15 PM CDTHail 0.88Chillicothe, TX
Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Chillicothe, TX

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 19, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major42 min
Aug 18, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche25 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey46 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher46 min
Aug 18, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa40 min
Aug 18, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward47 min
Aug 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey49 min
Aug 18, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey3 hr
Aug 18, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster36 min
Aug 18, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine46 min
Aug 18, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods45 min
Aug 18, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCuster3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.