Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 476, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1997, 7:31 AM CDT for Carter County, Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 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 22, 1997, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1997, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carter County, OK, Love County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Wilson, OK | Winds blew over a swingset and blew tree limbs up to two inches in diameter from trees. Shingles were also blown off of homes. |
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Major | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 54 min |
| Aug 22, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa | 68 min |
| Aug 22, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grady | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Stephens, Tillman | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.