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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Norman, OK

May 3, 1991Cleveland County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1991, 5:50 PM CDT for Cleveland County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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: May 3, 1991, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 1991, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cleveland County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 3, 6:02 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Pottawatomie, 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, May 3, 12:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 4:51 PM CDT, 59 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
May 2, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady	47 min
May 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	25 min
May 3, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	40 min
May 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston	55 min
May 3, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	40 min
May 3, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	29 min
May 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	45 min
May 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	45 min
May 3, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	48 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.