Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 396, NWS Norman, OK

June 19, 1998Comanche County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT for Comanche County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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
Jun 19, 1998, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Comanche County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDTHail 0.75Lawton, OK
Jun 19, 7:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Lawton, OK
Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDTHail 0.88Ft Sill Aaf, OK
Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDTHail 0.88Lawton, OK
Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDTHail 0.75Sterling, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:15 PM 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 Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

CU BUBBLING ACROSS WRN ZONES ATTM.  SUSPECT THAT WEAK BOUNDARIES
STILL LINGER AND WITH ADAS CAPES >= 3000 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF
FA...CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS EVENING.  UPPER RIDGE
TRIES TO BUILD IN OVER THE WEEKEND.  BUT FA REMAINS LARGELY ON THE
EDGE OF THE RIDGE WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH RELATIVELY ZONAL
FLOW.  WILL LEAVE LOW POPS THROUGH MONDAY.  BY TUESDAY RIDGE SHOULD
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO INHIBIT CONVECTION.

FCSTID = 10
OKC   74  99  74  94 /  20  20  20  20
HBR   73 101  73  94 /  20  20  20  20
SPS   74 105  73  95 /  20  20  20  20
GAG   70 100  67  93 /  20  20  20  20
PNC   74  99  73  94 /  20  20  20  20
DUA   75  99  74  95 /  20  20  20  20

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

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

0552 PM    1 N ENID                  OK   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   GARFIELD

TL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:19 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

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

0552 PM    1 N ENID                  OK   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   GARFIELD

TL
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
643 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

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

0540 PM    1 W ENID                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   GARFIELD

0602 PM    LAKE KEMP                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

0605 PM    LAKE KEMP                 TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

0613 PM    9E DAVIDSON               OK   .85 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   TILLMAN

0642 PM    CHATTANOOGA               OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   TILLMAN

0547 PM    8 N MABELE                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

CW
Local storm report, Jun 19, 6:43 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
643 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

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

0540 PM    1 W ENID                  OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   GARFIELD

0602 PM    LAKE KEMP                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

0605 PM    LAKE KEMP                 TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

0613 PM    9E DAVIDSON               OK   .85 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   TILLMAN

0642 PM    CHATTANOOGA               OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   TILLMAN

0547 PM    8 N MABELE                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/98   BAYLOR

CW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens47 min
Jun 18, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray47 min
Jun 18, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson48 min
Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter49 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson2 hr
Jun 18, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove45 min
Jun 18, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Jun 18, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter45 min
Jun 18, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove44 min
Jun 18, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson45 min
Jun 18, 9:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLove115 min
Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
Jun 18, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Jun 18, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNJefferson2 hr
Jun 18, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens44 min
Jun 19, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens45 min
Jun 19, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens48 min
Jun 19, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble38 min
Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield47 min
Jun 19, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman58 min
Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay45 min
Jun 19, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian49 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant30 min
Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGarfield36 min
Jun 18, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay32 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay33 min
Jun 19, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger45 min
Jun 19, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger58 min
Jun 19, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor41 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger50 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.