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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 501, NWS Norman, OK

August 3, 1998Coal County, Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT for Coal County, Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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
Aug 3, 1998, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1998, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties

Counties Coal County, OK, Hughes County, OK

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 Aug 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
330 PM CDT MON AUG 3 1998

CONVECTION OVER SERN ZONES SHOULD DIMINISH WITH SUNSET.  SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE EXTENDING ACROSS STATE CONTINUES TO SPIT OUT SHOWERS OVER
NRN ZONES.

MODELS FORECAST UPPER LOW TO MOVE SLOWLY SEWD WITH SEVERAL SPOKES TO
MOVE OVER FA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AS THESE SPOKES INTERACT
WITH AFOREMENTIONED AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND WITH VARIOUS SFC
BOUNDARIES REMAINING OVER THE AREA...EXPECT CONTINUED SCATTERED
PRECIP THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERMAL TROUGH AND PRECIP OUTFLOW SHOULD BRING CONSIDERABLE RELIEF
FROM THE HEAT...SO THE HEAT ADVISORY WILL NOT BE EXTENDED.

FCSTID = 10
OKC   75  90  73  87 /  30  30  40  40
HBR   73  92  71  87 /  20  30  40  20
SPS   79  94  76  92 /  20  30  40  30
GAG   64  88  63  85 /  30  30  40  20
PNC   74  90  72  88 /  30  40  40  40
DUA   77  99  75  95 /  20  30  40  30

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc40 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.