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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Norman, OK

May 25, 1998Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1998, 2:48 AM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
May 25, 1998, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1998, 3:20 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dewey County, OK

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 25, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 May 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:40 PM CDT, 11 hours 8 minutes before
FPUS3 KOKC 242041
AFDOKC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT SUN MAY 24 1998

WMFNT LIFTING ACRS FA THIS AFTN EXPCTD TO BE FOCUS FOR TSTMS TNGT.
SVR STMS LKLY EARLY...THEN EVOLVING INTO AN MCS WITH FOCUS SHIFTING
TO HVY RAIN. PRIMARY THREAT AREA WL BE ACRS THE N. AMS ALSO BCMG
MORE UNSTBL TO THE SW VCNTY DRYLN AND SFC LOW. CNVCGC IN THIS AREA
INITIALLY NOT VRY STG...BUT IS IMPROVING. LTST VSBL STLT IMGRY SHOWS
CU STARTING TO BUBBLE BTWN CDS/LBB/ABI WHERE NSSL MM5 OUTPUT SHOWS
TSTM DVLPMNT. CHCS FOR ISOLD SVR WL IMPROVE THIS AREA AS WK SHTWV IN
SUBTROP JET BRUSHES OVR DRYLN.

MAIN QUESTION IS HOW FAR S WL SFC BNDRY GO TNGT AND MON. WHEREVER IT
ENDS UP ON MON...MORE SVR WL BE PSBL. ATTM WL OPT FOR A BLEND OF AVN
AND ETA...IE A LTL FARTHER N ON THE W END OF FNT AND FURTHER SOUTH
OVR ERN OK WHERE OUTFLO FM MCS MAY GIVE IT A PUSH. ELEVATED ACTVTY
WL ALSO BE PSBL N OF BNDRY...SO WL GO WITH CHC POPS EVERYWHERE WITH
HIGHEST POPS IN THE S AND E.

THIS MORNGS MRF IS TRENDING AWAY FM YDAYS QUESTIONABLE SOLUTION OF
PUSHING FNTL BNDRY INTO CNTL TX ON WED. NOW IT TAKES THE FNT INTO
NTX LT TUE AND WASHES IT BACK NWD ACRS OK ON WED. THIS FITS BETTER
WITH UPR PATN AND LUKS MORE REASONABLE. WL KEEP CHC POPS OVR AREA
WED WITH THE WMFNT. LTR IN THE WEEK...TSTM CHCS SHIFT WWD TO PNHDLS
WHERE SCT CNVCTN MAY GET GOING ALG LEE TROF WHERE WARM SFC TEMPS MAY
BE SUFFICIENT TO BREAK CAP. PCPN MAY THEN DRIFT INTO WRN ZNS BEFORE
DSPTG. NEXT PUSH OF CANADIAN AIR COMES INTO THE PLNS LT THU AND
FRI...BUT IS EXPCTD TO REMAIN N OF FA.

STG UPR LOW OVR THE DATA SPARCE AREA W OF BAHA IS VIRTUALLY IGNORED
BY ALL THE MDLS. ENERGY FM THIS SYSTEM CUD COME NEWD WITH SUBTROP
JET AND AFFECT AREA LTR THIS WEEK.   ..04..

GAG 58/76/56/74 7221    PNC 61/79/58/76 +432    HBR 61/82/60/80 4221
SPS 66/85/63/81 4322    OKC 65/83/61/80 6433    DUA 69/88/66/85 3664

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 12:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
1255 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

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

1240 AM    3 SE BRECKENRIDGE         OK   66 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED
05/25/98   GARFIELD                       OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

JS
Local storm report, May 25, 2:20 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
220 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

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

0155 AM        ALVA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98       WOODS                      POWER LINES AND TREES
                                          DOWN. SOME HOUSE/TRAILER
                                          DAMAGE.

0155 AM        ALVA                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98       WOODS

CW
Local storm report, May 25, 2:20 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
220 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

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

0155 AM        ALVA                  OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/25/98       WOODS                      POWER LINES AND TREES
                                          DOWN. SOME HOUSE/TRAILER
                                          DAMAGE.

0155 AM        ALVA                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/98       WOODS

CW
Local storm report, May 25, 2:34 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
234 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

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

0215 AM    CHEROKEE                  OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/25/98   ALFALFA                        EST 60 MPH WINDS.
                                          LIMBS DOWN SIZE UNK.

CW
Local storm report, May 25, 2:34 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 25, 2:42 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
242 AM CDT MON MAY 25 1998

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

0230 AM    CHEROKEE                  OK   70 MPH WIND GUST.
05/25/98   WOODS                          5 INCH RAIN..SOME
                                          ROADS UNDER WATER
                                          IN N PART OF TOWN.

CW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant34 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant47 min
May 24, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa30 min
May 24, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson38 min
May 24, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant31 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay33 min
May 24, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble31 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay31 min
May 24, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant24 min
May 24, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant30 min
May 24, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrant46 min
May 24, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa45 min
May 24, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay58 min
May 24, 10:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant, Kay119 min
May 24, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoods37 min
May 24, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa30 min
May 24, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward42 min
May 24, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay48 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield, Grant44 min
May 24, 10:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoods, Woodward38 min
May 24, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble47 min
May 24, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods38 min
May 24, 11:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
May 24, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods35 min
May 24, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay63 min
May 24, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield46 min
May 24, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant58 min
May 24, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNNoble40 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward53 min
May 24, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major27 min
May 24, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Kay3 hr
May 24, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods3 hr
May 25, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant50 min
May 25, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield47 min
May 25, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper30 min
May 25, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa23 min
May 25, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward31 min
May 25, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble45 min
May 25, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa20 min
May 25, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward46 min
May 25, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant39 min
May 25, 1:38 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods37 min
May 25, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant48 min
May 25, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield60 min
May 25, 2:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Kay2 hr
May 25, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
May 25, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey47 min
May 25, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble60 min
May 25, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine46 min
May 25, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster47 min
May 25, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher62 min
May 25, 4:15 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher30 min
May 25, 4:32 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian28 min
May 25, 4:45 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher30 min
May 25, 5:10 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma50 min
May 25, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma30 min
May 25, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland42 min
May 25, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma35 min
May 25, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie49 min
May 25, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole34 min
May 24, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox43 min
May 24, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox46 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKnox2 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.