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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Norman, OK

April 17, 2002Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2002, 7:48 PM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2002, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dewey County, OK

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 17, 7:51 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Cestos, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 180048
TOROKC
OKC043-180115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
748 PM CDT WED APR 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DEWEY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 748 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALOGA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CESTOS...SEILING AND TALOGA

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

LAT...LON 3610 9921 3598 9905 3617 9868 3617 9913
JAMES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	44 min
Apr 17, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	47 min
Apr 17, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham	40 min
Apr 17, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	37 min
Apr 17, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	47 min
Apr 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	46 min
Apr 17, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	27 min
Apr 17, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	42 min
Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	46 min
Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	61 min
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Roger Mills, Woods	43 min
Apr 17, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	50 min
Apr 17, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham	35 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	49 min
Apr 17, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	47 min
Apr 17, 9:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham	32 min
Apr 17, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Washita	37 min
Apr 17, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	60 min
Apr 17, 10:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Custer	41 min
Apr 17, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	28 min
Apr 17, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	45 min
Apr 17, 11:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	37 min
Apr 18, 12:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major, Woods	32 min
Apr 18, 12:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	39 min
Apr 18, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	38 min
Apr 18, 1:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa	34 min
Apr 18, 1:57 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	33 min

Nearby

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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.