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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Norman, OK

March 30, 1998Comanche County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1998, 12:20 PM CST for Comanche County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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
Mar 30, 1998, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1998, 1:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Comanche County, OK, Grady County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 12:49 PM CSTHail 1Chickasha, OK
Mar 30, 12:50 PM CSTThunderstorm WindChickasha, OKSevere thunderstorm winds blew out numerous windows, downed large trees, and destroyed several signs and awnings in the downtown business district. Utility poles were downed, damaging and cutting the power to the city's water treatment facility. Nearby a carpo
Mar 30, 12:55 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 61Chickasha, OK
Mar 30, 1:10 PM CSTHail 0.88Tuttle, 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
Mar 30, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods44 min
Mar 30, 1:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis49 min
Mar 30, 2:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woodward43 min
Mar 30, 3:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward23 min
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady45 min
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens45 min
Mar 30, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain44 min
Mar 30, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma44 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens46 min
Mar 30, 1:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson46 min
Mar 30, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Stephens46 min
Mar 30, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain46 min
Mar 30, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay40 min
Mar 30, 3:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie45 min
Mar 30, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, McClain, Murray46 min
Mar 30, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove46 min
Mar 30, 3:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie63 min
Mar 30, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc62 min
Mar 30, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove, Marshall62 min
Mar 30, 4:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes59 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall48 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka54 min
Mar 30, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal29 min
Mar 30, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan43 min
Mar 30, 5:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka31 min
Mar 30, 12:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay, Wichita31 min
Mar 30, 1:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay48 min
Mar 30, 1:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.