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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 522, NWS Norman, OK

September 21, 1998Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 1998, 6:42 PM CDT for Lincoln 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: Sep 21, 1998, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 21, 1998, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lincoln County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 21, 6:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Tryon, OK
Sep 21, 7:05 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Chandler, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 21, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 Sep 21, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 21, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED WIND SPEED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1246 PM CDT MON SEP 21 1998

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

1205 PM    5 SE NEWKIRK              OK   51 MPH WIND GUST
09/21/98   KAY                            OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED WIND SPEED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1246 PM CDT MON SEP 21 1998

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

1205 PM    5 SE NEWKIRK              OK   51 MPH WIND GUST
09/21/98   KAY                            OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 4:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 21, 4:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 10:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	37 min
Sep 21, 11:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	37 min
Sep 21, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	29 min
Sep 21, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	46 min
Sep 21, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	48 min
Sep 21, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	40 min
Sep 21, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	43 min
Sep 21, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	38 min
Sep 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	48 min
Sep 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	33 min
Sep 21, 5:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	41 min
Sep 21, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	26 min
Sep 21, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major	26 min
Sep 21, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	35 min
Sep 21, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	33 min
Sep 21, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	47 min

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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.