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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Norman, OK

April 6, 1998Comanche County, Stephens County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1998, 6:55 PM CDT for Comanche County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 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: Apr 6, 1998, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Comanche County, OK, Stephens County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 6, 7:00 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Lawton, OK
Apr 6, 8:07 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Comanche, 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
Apr 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado 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 Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 6:21 PM CDT, 34 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
Apr 6, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper	50 min
Apr 6, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	44 min
Apr 6, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	49 min
Apr 6, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods	51 min
Apr 6, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	62 min
Apr 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	66 min
Apr 6, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	60 min
Apr 6, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	67 min
Apr 6, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	40 min
Apr 6, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	25 min

Nearby

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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.