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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1993, 7:10 PM CDT for Clay County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1993, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Clay County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 8, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 4:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK 430 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993 VRY ACTV SVR WX THIS AFTN PRECLUDING MUCH FCST DISC. WL CONT WITH FFA FOR MOST OF FCST AREA XPCT FOR NWRN OK. SVR WX AND MAJOR HVY RN PRBLMS TO PERSIST INTO EVE. 32 .OK...FFA ZNS 6>21 TNGT .TX...FFA TNGT ZNS 76 77
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 5:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
429 PM JACKSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ALTUS AIR
FORCE BASE
434 PM OKLAHOMA DIME SIZE HAIL AT WILL ROGERS
AIRPORT
440 PM CLAY/ARCHER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HWY 1954 ON
TEXAS COUNTY LINE
440 PM CLAY, TEXAS NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN JOLLY
443 PM GRADY QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN TUTTLE
448 PM CLAY, TEXAS QUARTER SIZE IN JOLLY
449 PM OKLAHOMA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT WILL ROGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, May 8, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
429 PM JACKSON QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT ALTUS AIR
FORCE BASE
434 PM OKLAHOMA DIME SIZE HAIL AT WILL ROGERS
AIRPORT
440 PM CLAY/ARCHER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HWY 1954 ON
TEXAS COUNTY LINE
440 PM CLAY, TEXAS NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN JOLLY
443 PM GRADY QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN TUTTLE
448 PM CLAY, TEXASv QUARTER SIZE IN JOLLY
449 PM OKLAHOMA 3/4 INCH HAIL AT WILL ROGER AIRPORTLocal storm report, May 8, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
420 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
240 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL IN CHICKASHA
355 PM KIOWA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN ROOSEVELT
355 PM OKLAHOMA DIME SIZE HAIL COVERING ROAD AT
PENN AND BRITTON
355 PM ARCHER GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN HOLLIDAY
355 PM OKLAHOMA QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN OKLAHOMA CITY
400 PM WICHITA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES NORTH OF
HOLLIDAY
400 PM ARCHER QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN
PART OF THE COUNTY
401 PM MCCLAIN/GRADY 1-INCH HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF
NEWCASTLE ON GRADY - MCCLAIN COUNTY
LINE
405 PM WICHITA NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN WICHITA FALLS
410 PM WICHITA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT THE STADIUM
IN WICHITA FALLS
415 PM JACKSON BASEBALL SIZE 4 MILES SOUTH OF
ALTUSLocal storm report, May 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
540 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
453 PM OKLAHOMA 1 INCH HAIL AT SW 59TH AND MCARTHUR
IN OKLAHOMA CITY
455 PM JACKSON NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH
AND 6 MILES EAST OF ALTUS
455 PM JACKSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST
OF LAWTON
517 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR VERDEN
522 PM OKLAHOMA DIME SIZE HAIL AT HWY 240 AND
AIRPORT ROADLocal storm report, May 8, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
540 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
453 PM OKLAHOMA 1 INCH HAIL AT SW 59TH AND MCARTHUR
IN OKLAHOMA CITY
455 PM JACKSON NICKEL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTH
AND 6 MILES EAST OF ALTUS
455 PM JACKSON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES EAST
OF LAWTON
517 PM GRADY DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR VERDEN
522 PM OKLAHOMA DIME SIZE HAIL AT HWY 240 AND
AIRPORT ROADLocal storm report, May 8, 7:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY OK
710 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 1993
TIME COUNTY EVENT
520 PM CLAY, TEXAS TORNADO NORTH OF STANFIELD
525 PM JEFFERSON TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF RYAN
543 PM STEPHENS 73 MPH WINDS 5 MILES SOUTH OF
DUNCAN
621 PM WICHITA, TEXAS DIME SIZE HAIL AT LAKE KICKAPOO
645 PM GARVIN NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LINDSAY
650 PM CARTER TORNADO 5 MILES NE OF RINGLING
655 PM ARCHER, TEXAS TORNADO BETWEEN SCOTLAND AND
ARCHER ON HWY 172
659 PM ARCHER, TEXAS TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF SCOTLAND
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter | 68 min |
| May 8, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 49 min |
| May 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Murray | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc | 62 min |
| May 8, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston | 40 min |
| May 8, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 47 min |
| May 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Marshall | 40 min |
| May 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 53 min |
| May 9, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Kiowa, Washita | 39 min |
| May 9, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 3 hr |
| May 9, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Payne | 111 min |
| May 9, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| May 9, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Love | 3 hr |
| May 9, 9:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 4 hr |
| May 9, 1:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Choctaw | 44 min |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan, Choctaw | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Pushmataha | 3 hr |
| May 8, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 45 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.