Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Norman, OK

June 30, 1998Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT for Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 2 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 30, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 7:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Waynoka, OK
Jun 30, 7:30 PM CDTHail 1Waynoka, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor45 min
Jun 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper45 min
Jul 1, 7:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKay3 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.