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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 1998Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1998, 6:15 AM CDT for Knox County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1998, 6:15 AM CDT (11:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1998, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Knox County, TX

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 Apr 26, 3:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor40 min
Apr 26, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield30 min
Apr 26, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton51 min
Apr 26, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens45 min
Apr 26, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Stephens42 min
Apr 26, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson62 min
Apr 26, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman44 min
Apr 26, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc48 min
Apr 26, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens3 hr
Apr 26, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita25 min
Apr 26, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita37 min
Apr 26, 9:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita43 min
Apr 26, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher49 min
Apr 26, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher50 min
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay45 min
Apr 26, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay33 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.