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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 1998Johnston County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1998, 7:43 PM CDT for Johnston County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 26, 1998, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Johnston County, OK

The radar

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Nida, OK	Severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph blew down 6-inch diameter tree limbs and knocked out power.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 4:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT SUN APR 26 1998

CNVCTN CONT TO DVLP OVR PTNS OF FA AHD OF UPR LOW MOVG EWD THRU SERN
NM. MNWHL... CDFNT/SFC BNDRIES STRETCHING FM VCNTY SPS... TO NR
ADM... TO SWD OF TUL ALSO PROVIDING LOW LVL FOCUS. SCTD STRG/SVR
TSTMS LKLY THIS EVE IN VCNTY OF AND SWD OF SFC BNDRY THAT WL BE
SAGGING SLOWLY SEWD OVRNGT. WITH SLOW MVMNT OF UPR LOW AND SFC
BNDRIES... PTNTL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RNFL EXISTS MAINLY NR AND NWWD OF
SFC BNDRY. THIS TRANSLATES TO AN AREA EXTENDING ACRS PTNS OF SWRN
OK/WRN NTX ... CNTRL AND NCNTRL OK... EXPANDING IN PTNS OF SERN OK
OVRNGT. WL ISSUE FFA FOR THIS AREA. SFC/H8 FLOW AHD AND VCNTY OF
LOW LVL BAROCLINIC ZN XPCTD TO MAINTAIN GUD MSTR ADVCTN/ISENT LFT
OVR THE AREA... WHILE GUD SYNOPTIC PCPN AND CLDS WL BE SLOW TO MOV OUT NXT
CPL DAYS AS UPR LOW TENDS TO STAGNATE OVR THE AREA THRU TUES. PCPN
AND CLDS... ALONG WITH SOME LOW LVL CAA WL HELP TO KEEP TEMPS ON THE
COOL SIDE THRU MID WEEK.

FCSTID = 32
OKC   54  65  53  64 / 100  80  60  50
HBR   51  61  49  63 / 100  70  50  40
SPS   55  66  52  66 /  80  60  40  30
GAG   48  55  45  56 / 100  80  60  50
PNC   52  62  51  62 / 100 100  60  50
DUA   61  70  56  67 / 100  80  50  40

.OUN...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OKZ007>008...
OKZ012>013...OKZ017>020...OKZ023>032...OKZ037>048...OKZ050>052.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES TXZ085>086...TXZ088>090.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
521 CDT SUN APR 26 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

515 PM     6NW SHANNON              TX     1.00 INCH HAIL.
04/26/98   CLAY

CW

Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
620 CDT SUN APR 26 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

615 PM        MARLOW                 OK   ROAD WASHED OUT. 2 STREETS
04/26/98      STEPHENS                    UNDER WATER.

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 minute 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
Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	50 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garvin	3 hr
Apr 26, 9:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Seminole	2 hr

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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.