Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 705
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Aug 20, 1997, 1:00 PM CDT for 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 1997, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.
Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 16 more | 4 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.