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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Norman, OK

May 4, 1999Logan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1999, 6:53 PM CDT for Logan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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: May 4, 1999, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Logan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Hail 1	Orlando, OK
May 4, 7:00 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Orlando, 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.

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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 4, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 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 3, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	38 min
May 3, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major	37 min
May 3, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	66 min
May 3, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	43 min
May 3, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	24 min
May 3, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Major	31 min
May 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	37 min
May 3, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	33 min
May 3, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	39 min
May 3, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	52 min
May 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	28 min
May 3, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland	33 min
May 3, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	52 min
May 3, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	34 min
May 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	31 min
May 3, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	29 min
May 3, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	23 min
May 3, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	27 min
May 3, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	51 min
May 3, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	49 min
May 3, 8:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	48 min
May 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	24 min
May 3, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	49 min
May 3, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	44 min
May 3, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	40 min
May 3, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	32 min
May 3, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	50 min
May 3, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	29 min
May 3, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	38 min
May 3, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	52 min
May 3, 9:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	35 min
May 3, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	37 min
May 3, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	51 min
May 3, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Noble	28 min
May 3, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	40 min
May 3, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	40 min
May 3, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	36 min
May 3, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	34 min
May 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	37 min
May 3, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	34 min
May 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Noble	45 min
May 3, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	48 min
May 3, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	44 min
May 3, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray	50 min
May 3, 11:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	33 min
May 3, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	39 min
May 3, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	37 min
May 3, 11:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	35 min
May 3, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	60 min
May 3, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Noble	35 min
May 4, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	36 min
May 4, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray	45 min
May 4, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	44 min
May 4, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	46 min
May 4, 1:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	28 min
May 4, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	30 min
May 4, 6:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	49 min
May 4, 6:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	45 min
May 4, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	42 min
May 4, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	47 min
May 4, 7:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	47 min
May 4, 7:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kay	31 min
May 4, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	49 min
May 4, 7:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	49 min
May 4, 7:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kay, Noble	46 min
May 4, 7:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	41 min
May 4, 7:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	33 min
May 4, 8:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	48 min
May 4, 8:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Logan, Noble, Payne	47 min
May 4, 8:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	47 min
May 4, 8:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain	42 min
May 4, 8:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	42 min
May 4, 8:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	50 min
May 4, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	43 min
May 4, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	46 min
May 4, 10:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	34 min
May 4, 10:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	44 min
May 4, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	26 min
May 4, 11:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	34 min
May 4, 11:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal	28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.