Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 484, NWS Norman, OK

July 15, 1998Ellis County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1998, 3:42 PM CDT for Ellis County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 15, 1998, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1998, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Ellis County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Harmon, OK
Jul 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Harmon, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey	43 min
Jul 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	48 min
Jul 15, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 1998 Every 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.