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Tornado Warning 125, NWS Norman, OK

June 18, 1999Ellis County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1999, 7:06 PM CDT for Ellis County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 18, 1999, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1999, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Ellis County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Catesby, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Jun 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:43 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 6:53 PM CDT, 13 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
Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	42 min
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	60 min
Jun 18, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	66 min
Jun 18, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	45 min
Jun 18, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	27 min
Jun 18, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	45 min
Jun 19, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	53 min
Jun 19, 5:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kay, Noble	48 min
Jun 19, 6:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	3 hr
Jun 19, 9:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kay	3 hr
Jun 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	52 min
Jun 19, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	42 min
Jun 19, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	49 min
Jun 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	52 min
Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	40 min
Jun 19, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	47 min
Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	3 hr
Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	45 min
Jun 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	34 min
Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	36 min
Jun 19, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	34 min
Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	38 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.