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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2001, 3:20 AM CDT for Carter County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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 27, 2001, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2001, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carter County, OK, Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 930 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001 TSTMS CURRENLY MOVING SEWD THROUGH THE TX PANHANDLE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE FA LATER TONIGHT. TSTMS ARE JUST NOW MOVING INTO AREA OF BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND EXPECT THEM TO CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE INTO AXIS OF BETTER INSTAB ACRS SWRN SECS OF THE FA. ALSO H8 JET EXPECTED TO STREGTHEN OVERNIGHT WITH INCRSG WARM MOIST ADVECTION EXPECTED TO AIDv IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. PREV FCST HAD THIS PRETTY WELL COVERED SO MAIN CHANGES WILL BE TO BOOST POPS A BIT HIGHER IN SWRN PORTION OF THE FA. 02 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 2:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 27, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Stephens | 40 min |
| May 27, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 54 min |
| May 27, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Woods | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods | 47 min |
| May 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 35 min |
| May 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 39 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 47 min |
| May 27, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 51 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every 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.