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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Norman, OK

May 4, 2001Coal County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT for Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Coal County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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 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, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 8:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 9:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
942 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2001

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

0830 PM    SULPHUR                   OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
05/04/01   MURRAY                         RPDT BY S.O.

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Local storm report, May 4, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 9:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
953 PM CDT FRI MAY 04 2001

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

0830 PM    CHOCTAW                   OK   WIND DAMAGE
05/04/01   OKLAHOMA                       TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE
                                          RPTD BY HAM RADIO SPOTTERS.

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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 4, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	47 min
May 4, 7:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson	23 min
May 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Grady	36 min
May 4, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	McClain	32 min
May 4, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	59 min
May 4, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	26 min
May 4, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	65 min
May 4, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	35 min
May 4, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	53 min
May 4, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	46 min
May 4, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	66 min
May 4, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston	38 min
May 4, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	55 min
May 5, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.