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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Norman, OK

May 27, 2002Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 6:17 AM CDT for Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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, 2002, 6:17 AM CDT (11:17 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
415 AM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE FIRST BATCH OF CONVECTION IS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA AND HEADING EAST OUT OF THE AREA... BUT THE SECOND BATCH
HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED FROM MY NORTH TEXAS ZONES NORTHWEST INTO THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE.  SOUTHERN PLAINS WIND PROFILERS SHOW
SHORTWAVE RIDGING FROM THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE NW INTO
COLORADO.  BUT ANY RESPITE FROM THIS RIDGING WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS
THE WATER VAPOR SATELLITE SHOWS A HEALTHY SHORTWAVE TROF MOVING
THROUGH NEW MEXICO AT THE MOMENT.  PRELIM FIRST PERIOD POPS BELOW
WILL LIKELY BE CHANGED AT ZONE TIME BASED ON RADAR AND SATELLITE
TRENDS.

THE MAIN UPPER TROF IS STILL SCHEDULE TO SPIN ITS WHEELS OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR A DAY OR TWO MAINTAINING THE CHANCE OF RAIN INTO
MID WEEK AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE THE HIGH POPS IN THE CURRENT
FORECAST. NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED TO THE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME
EITHER.

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OKC   80  66  78  63 /  50  60  40  70
HBR   83  65  79  62 /  50  50  40  60
SPS   86  67  82  64 /  40  50  40  60
GAG   83  62  78  57 /  40  60  40  60
PNC   80  66  77  62 /  40  60  40  70
DUA   83  67  80  64 /  40  50  40  50

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper44 min
May 26, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis47 min
May 26, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa46 min
May 27, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne43 min
May 27, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne45 min
May 27, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods33 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoodward44 min
May 27, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.