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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Norman, OK

March 7, 1998Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1998, 3:52 AM CST for Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 7, 1998, 3:52 AM CST (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1998, 4:45 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 6, 9:10 PM CST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 9:10 PM CST, 6 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 8:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan38 min
Mar 6, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan45 min
Mar 6, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan31 min
Mar 7, 3:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton45 min
Mar 7, 4:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma41 min
Mar 7, 10:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.