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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 444, NWS Norman, OK

June 21, 1998Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1998, 9:55 PM CDT for Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 21, 1998, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1998, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

County Kay County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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 21, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer51 min
Jun 21, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant40 min
Jun 21, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita49 min
Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant50 min
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita37 min
Jun 21, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo49 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
Jun 21, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman44 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.