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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

March 30, 1993Custer County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 1993, 11:33 AM CST for Custer County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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: Mar 30, 1993, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 1993, 12:15 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Custer County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado F0	Weatherford, 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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 30, 10:27 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 10:27 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:57 AM CST, 5 hours 36 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
Mar 29, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	44 min
Mar 29, 7:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cotton	30 min
Mar 29, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	54 min
Mar 29, 7:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cotton	49 min
Mar 29, 8:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	42 min
Mar 29, 8:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	61 min
Mar 29, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	65 min
Mar 29, 9:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	44 min
Mar 29, 9:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	43 min
Mar 29, 9:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Mar 29, 9:38 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton	3 hr
Mar 29, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	64 min
Mar 29, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	43 min
Mar 29, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Stephens	67 min
Mar 29, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	67 min
Mar 29, 10:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Mar 29, 11:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter	43 min
Mar 29, 11:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray	40 min
Mar 30, 12:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc	50 min
Mar 30, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	45 min
Mar 30, 12:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer	45 min
Mar 30, 12:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher	41 min
Mar 30, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	49 min
Mar 30, 12:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	46 min
Mar 30, 1:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	41 min
Mar 30, 1:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	47 min
Mar 29, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	53 min
Mar 29, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	53 min
Mar 29, 6:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	41 min
Mar 29, 9:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	64 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.