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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 448, NWS Norman, OK

August 19, 1997Foard County, Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1997, 8:01 PM CDT for Foard County, Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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 19, 1997, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 1997, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Crowell, 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, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 19, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 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 20, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	40 min
Aug 20, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	47 min
Aug 20, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	57 min
Aug 20, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	64 min
Aug 20, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	61 min
Aug 20, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	65 min
Aug 20, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	58 min
Aug 20, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	63 min
Aug 20, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	60 min
Aug 20, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer	43 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	47 min
Aug 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard	40 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.