Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, May 1988
34 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1988. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- May 16, 198820 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Pontotoc | 44 min |
| May 6, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 55 min |
| May 7, 9:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 27 min |
| May 7, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 44 min |
| May 7, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 59 min |
| May 8, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Ottawa | 44 min |
| May 15, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 69 min |
| May 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage | 58 min |
| May 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield | 54 min |
| May 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Osage, Pawnee | 62 min |
| May 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 48 min |
| May 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 61 min |
| May 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 55 min |
| May 15, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 67 min |
| May 15, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 67 min |
| May 15, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Pawnee | 65 min |
| May 15, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Creek | 60 min |
| May 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 55 min |
| May 15, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 47 min |
| May 15, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 68 min |
| May 15, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 68 min |
| May 15, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 60 min |
| May 15, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 62 min |
| May 15, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Oklahoma | 62 min |
| May 15, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 40 min |
| May 15, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 49 min |
| May 15, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pontotoc | 41 min |
| May 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Major | 32 min |
| May 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Logan County4
- Osage County4
- Oklahoma County4
- Payne County3
- Greer County3
- Pontotoc County2
- Canadian County2
- Pawnee County2
- Creek County2
- Lincoln County2
- Cleveland County2
- Pottawatomie County2
- Coal County1
- Custer County1
- Dewey County1
- Ottawa County1
- Garfield County1
- Noble County1
- Garvin County1
- McClain County1
- Blaine County1
- Major County1
- Harmon County1
- Beckham County1
- Jackson County1
- Kiowa County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.