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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Norman, OK

May 2, 2001Major County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2001, 8:29 PM CDT for Major County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 2, 2001, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Major County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Chester, 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
May 2, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 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 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 2, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
825 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001

CURRENT THINKING IS STILL VERY MUCH AS DAY SHIFT. 00Z SOUNDING STILL
SHOWS STRONG CAP ACROSS CENTRAL OK. WILL KEEP 20S GOING...BUT BEST
CHANCE WILL REMAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA FOR THIS
EVENING. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES...BUT OVERALL THINGS LOOK
GOOD.

30

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
621 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2001

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0611 PM    6 ONW REYDON               OK   1.25 INCH HAIL
05/02/01   ROGER MILLS                    REPORTED BY PUBLIC

TL

Local storm report, May 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT WED MAY 02 2001

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0640 PM    9 S ARNETT                OK   .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/01   ELLIS                          PUBLIC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, May 2, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer	51 min
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.