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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 636, NWS Norman, OK

October 12, 2001Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT for Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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: Oct 12, 2001, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 12, 7:44 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	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 Oct 12, 7:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 7:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 12, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 12, 5:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
525 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0513 PM    9 WSW JOY                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   CLAY                           PUBLIC REPORT

0524 PM    5 S HENRIETTA             TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Oct 12, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
526 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0520 PM    5 S CHICKASHA             OK   .88 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   GRADY                          AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Oct 12, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0616 PM    2 N JOY                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   CLAY                           REPORTED BY AMATEUR
                                          RADIO OPERATOR

JF

Local storm report, Oct 12, 6:45 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
645 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0620 PM    5 ENE TERRAL              OK   .88 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   JEFFERSON                      PUBLIC REPORT

0636 PM    5 NW BELLEVUE             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Oct 12, 7:03 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
703 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001

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

0640 PM    8 E DOVER                 OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   KINGFISHER                     REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGER

0645 PM    CASHION                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
10/12/01   KINGFISHER                     REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGER

KT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 12, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	42 min
Oct 12, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Stephens	43 min
Oct 12, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	46 min
Oct 12, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	40 min
Oct 12, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	52 min
Oct 12, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	45 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.