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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 550, NWS Norman, OK

October 2, 1998Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 1998, 1:35 AM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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: Oct 2, 1998, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 1998, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Dewey County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 3:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 1, 9:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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
Oct 1, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	46 min
Oct 1, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	39 min
Oct 1, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	43 min
Oct 1, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	51 min
Oct 1, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	39 min
Oct 2, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Oct 2, 7:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Oct 2, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	50 min
Oct 2, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	34 min
Oct 2, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.