Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 502, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2001, 7:31 PM CDT for Garfield County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 17, 2001, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2001, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Garfield County, OK, Noble County, OK
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Billings, 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 Aug 17, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 315 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW SCATTERED ACROSS OUR AREA WILL COMPLICATE THE FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING. THEY MAY REQUIRE A FEW LAST-SECOND CHANGES TO THE POPS ENUMERATED BELOW. OTHERWISE... HAVE AGAIN MADE RATHER FEW SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE STATUS QUO FORECAST. THE MRF SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LESS-THAN-CLEAR WEATHER LATE NEXT WEEK... SO ELECTED TO CALL FRIDAY PARTLY CLOUDY... BUT WILL WAIT FOR SOME MORE CONSISTENCY BEFORE MAKING ANY FURTHER CONCESSIONS TO THE GENERIC CLEAR FORECAST. SINCE OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA... PLAN TO MAKE SOME REFERENCE TO THAT IN THE ZONE FORECAST. TGIF. FCSTID = XXIII = CMS OKC 69 93 67 94 / 40 30 20 10 HBR 69 94 68 97 / 30 30 20 10 SPS 71 95 70 98 / 30 20 20 10 GAG 63 91 61 94 / 30 20 10 10 PNC 68 92 66 93 / 40 20 10 10 DUA 71 94 69 93 / 60 30 20 10 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 17, 7:23 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
723 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM 2 SSW MINCO OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/01 GRADY MESONET REPORT
0707 PM 3 E LAMONT OK ESTIMATED 70 MPH WIND GUST
08/17/01 GRANT SPOTTER REPORT
JThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 30 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.