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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Norman, OK

April 12, 1991Garfield County, Grant County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1991, 4:43 PM CDT for Garfield County, Grant County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 12, 1991, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 1991, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 12, 4:53 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Garfield, OK
Apr 12, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado F3	Grant, OK
Apr 12, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado F3	Grant, OK
Apr 12, 5:27 PM CDT	Hail 2.5	Grant, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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 tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:59 PM CDT, 44 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 11, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	45 min
Apr 11, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	40 min
Apr 11, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	50 min
Apr 11, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	44 min
Apr 11, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Choctaw	54 min
Apr 11, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	46 min
Apr 11, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pushmataha	47 min
Apr 12, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	25 min
Apr 12, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	46 min
Apr 12, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	41 min
Apr 12, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo	47 min
Apr 12, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	43 min
Apr 12, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	51 min
Apr 12, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	32 min
Apr 12, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	27 min
Apr 12, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	43 min
Apr 12, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	30 min
Apr 12, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	51 min
Apr 12, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa	48 min
Apr 12, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	52 min
Apr 12, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	44 min
Apr 12, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	60 min
Apr 12, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	41 min
Apr 12, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	68 min
Apr 12, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grant	63 min
Apr 12, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	26 min
Apr 12, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter	39 min
Apr 12, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	36 min
Apr 12, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	41 min
Apr 12, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 1991 Every tornado warning in 1991 Tornadoes in 1991

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.