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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Norman, OK

May 8, 1998Beckham County, Greer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 10:27 PM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 min. 10 reports 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
May 8, 1998, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDelhi, OK
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSayre, OK
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 59Erick, OKMeasured by Oklahoma Mesonet.
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindErick, OK
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSayre, OK
May 8, 10:35 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSayre, OK
May 8, 10:41 PM CDTHail 0.88Elk City, OK
May 8, 10:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindElk City, OK
May 8, 10:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindElk City, OK
May 8, 10:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindElk City, OK

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 May 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 082001
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998

SFC LOW DEEPENING SW OF LBB EXPCTD TO COME ENE THIS EVENING AS UPR
LOW MIGRATES ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES. SVR CNVCTN ALREADY IN PROGRESS
NR SFC WMFNT UNDER STG DIFL AND UVV. ACTVTY WL SPREAD ACRS MOST OF
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH SUPERCELLS S AND HVY RAIN CNTL AND N. OPTED
NOT TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH OVR AREA BECAUSE OF FAIRLY HIGH FFG
VALUES.

UPR WV AND SFC LOW SHUD BE OVR SERN OK BY 18Z SAT...WITH PCPN ENDING
W TO E OVR AREA BY MIDDAY. SOME LINGERING SHWRS PSBL INTO EARLY AFTN
OVR THE E. OTRW...WNDS SHUD BE COMING AROUND TO NLY BEHIND LOW...
WITH WK CAA AND LINGERING CLOUDS HOLDING TEMPS DOWN.

SAT NGT INTO SUN NGT SHUD BE FAIR AS MSTR GET WIPED EWD AND SFC RDG
MOVES IN. UPR RDG AXIS MOVES INTO CNTL OK BY MON MORNG...WITH LEE
TROF CRANKING UP AGAIN LTR MONDAY. WL HOLD OFF ON PCPN MON AS MSTR
WL TAKE A WHILE TO RETURN. PCPN CHCS RETURN TUE AND WED AS NEXT UPR
SYSTEM APCHS.  ..04..

GAG 55/65/48/75 +210    PNC 58/69/50/74 +410    HBR 58/72/50/80 +210
SPS 55/75/53/82 +210    OKC 59/71/51/75 +410    DUA 64/72/55/79 ++10

.OKC...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 8, 8:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH 2 AM...

A TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 313...IS IN EFFECT FOR BAYLOR...ARCHER...
WICHITA...AND CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 2 AM.

TORNADO WATCHES...NUMBER 311 AND NUMBER 310...THAT WERE IN EFFECT FOR
WEST TEXAS AND PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS A LARGE PART OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND
WARNINGS.
Local storm report, May 8, 9:30 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
930 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998      ...CORRECTION TO TIME...

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

705 PM     WESTOVER                  TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   BAYLOR

725 PM     ARCHER CITY               TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   ARCHER                         STRONG WINDS DESTROYED
                                          OLD TIN BARN AND GARAGE.
                                          ALSO BLEW DOWN 2 CABLE
                                          TV POLES AND LARGE TREE
                                          ON SOUTH SIDE OF ARCHER
                                          CITY.

745 PM     WINDHURST                 TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   ARCHER

750 PM     9 SW JOY                  TX   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   CLAY

800 PM     5 S CARTER                OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   BECKHAM

800 PM     1 S WILLOW                OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   GREER                          5 POWER POLES DOWN

805 PM     12 NW LONEWOLF            OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   KIOWA

830 PM     SENTINEL                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   WASHITA                        E60-70 MPH BLEW TALL WOOD
                                          STRUCTURE DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 44.

ALA
Local storm report, May 8, 9:30 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
930 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998      ...CORRECTION TO TIME...

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

705 PM     WESTOVER                  TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   BAYLOR

725 PM     ARCHER CITY               TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   ARCHER                         STRONG WINDS DESTROYED
                                          OLD TIN BARN AND GARAGE.
                                          ALSO BLEW DOWN 2 CABLE
                                          TV POLES AND LARGE TREE
                                          ON SOUTH SIDE OF ARCHER
                                          CITY.

745 PM     WINDHURST                 TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   ARCHER

750 PM     9 SW JOY                  TX   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   CLAY

800 PM     5 S CARTER                OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   BECKHAM

800 PM     1 S WILLOW                OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   GREER                          5 POWER POLES DOWN

805 PM     12 NW LONEWOLF            OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   KIOWA

830 PM     SENTINEL                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   WASHITA                        E60-70 MPH BLEW TALL WOOD
                                          STRUCTURE DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 44.

ALA
Local storm report, May 8, 9:31 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
730 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 1998

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

705 PM     WESTOVER                  TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   BAYLOR

725 PM     ARCHER CITY               TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   ARCHER                         STRONG WINDS DESTROYED
                                          OLD TIN BARN AND GARAGE.
                                          ALSO BLEW DOWN 2 CABLE
                                          TV POLES AND LARGE TREE
                                          ON SOUTH SIDE OF ARCHER
                                          CITY.

745 PM     WINDHURST                 TX   65 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   ARCHER

750 PM     9 SW JOY                  TX   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   CLAY

800 PM     5 S CARTER                OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS
05/08/98   BECKHAM

800 PM     1 S WILLOW                OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   GREER                          5 POWER POLES DOWN

805 PM     12 NW LONEWOLF            OK   E60-70 MPH WIND GUST
05/08/98   KIOWA

830 PM     SENTINEL                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98   WASHITA                        E60-70 MPH BLEW TALL WOOD
                                          STRUCTURE DOWN ACROSS
                                          HIGHWAY 44.

ALA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Kiowa18 min
May 8, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita18 min
May 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita32 min
May 8, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham28 min
May 8, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita31 min
May 8, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWashita27 min
May 8, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster29 min
May 9, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma35 min
May 9, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie40 min
May 8, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay48 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.