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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 531, NWS Norman, OK

September 3, 2001Jackson County, Kiowa County, Tillman County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT for Jackson County, Kiowa County, Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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: Sep 3, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Lone Wolf, OK
Sep 3, 6:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Friendship, 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 Sep 3, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001

CONVECTIVE VORT CENTER AND SOLAR HEATING CONTINUE TO INDUCE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PARTS OF CWA.  MOST ACTIVITY IS
CONCENTRATED IN SOUTHERN TIER OF N TEXAS ZONES...AND IN AN E-W BAND
FROM OKARCHE TO SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY...AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE C-SC
CWA. TSRA IN N TEXAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST NEXT 1-2 HOURS WITH A
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER THAT. ACTIVITY IN C-S OKLAHOMA WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE BY AROUND 03Z IF NOT
BEFORE.

MODELS PROG CURRENT MCV S-SW OVERNIGHT WITH MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING
INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TUESDAY.  THIS WILL SHIFT FOCUS FOR
CONVECTION SOUTHWARD TO THE RED RIVER AREA FOR TUESDAY.  LATEST AVN
/AND TO SOME EXTENT ETA/ TRIES TO BRING A VORT LOBE BACK NORTH
AROUND THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF LINGERING WEAK MID LEVEL LOW BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE SOME PRECIP OVER SOUTH HALF. WILL
KEEP LOW POPS ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.

WILL KEEP LOW POPS GOING ACROSS SE 1/2-2/3 OF CWA FOR THU AS MODELS
BRING REMNANTS OF WEAK UPPER SYSTEM NORTH AND EAST AS IT SHEARS OUT.
FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE A DAY BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS WITH NEXT
SHORT WAVE/SFC FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.  MODELS FCST LOW LEVEL TEMPS TO BE UP 3-4 DEGREES AHEAD OF
THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL RAISE TEMPS TO LOW TO MID 90S AS
A RESULT. LAST MIGHTS MRF AND YESTERDAY MORNINGS ECMWF WERE IN FAIR
AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING AND HINTS OF A DECENT ROUND OF TSRA WITH
FRONT...NAMELY COMING THRU FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER...
THIS MORNINGS AVN IS A BIT LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH FRONTAL MOVEMENT.
FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE ORIGINAL FRIDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY TIMING AND SEE
WHAT THE NEXT FEW RUNS INDICATE.

LATTER PART OF EXTENDED /SUN-MON/ LOOKS COOLER AND DRIER WITH UPPER
RIDGE BUILDING A SFC HIGH INTO THE AREA.

FCSTID = 33/DLF
OKC   69  92  69  87 /  50  10  10  20
HBR   68  92  67  87 /  30  10  10  20
SPS   69  89  68  88 /  30  20  20  30
GAG   64  92  65  88 /  20   0   0   0
PNC   67  92  66  88 /  20   0   0   0
DUA   69  90  70  88 /  80  20  20  30

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 5:33 PM CDT, 27 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
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	43 min
Sep 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	50 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.