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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Norman, OK

May 5, 2002Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2002, 8:39 PM CDT for Dewey County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports 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
May 5, 2002, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dewey County, OK

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 9:00 PM CDTHail 1Vici, OK
May 5, 9:04 PM CDTHail 0.75Vici, OK
May 5, 9:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 MCamargo, OKWind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KOUN 060139
TOROKC
OKC043-060215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR STORM SPEED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
837 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF CAMARGO...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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 3616 9938 3589 9938 3591 9880 3616 9883

CJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills43 min
May 5, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills50 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey38 min
May 5, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey48 min
May 5, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woodward50 min
May 5, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHarmon39 min
May 5, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNDewey28 min
May 5, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNMajor33 min
May 5, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa29 min
May 5, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson44 min
May 5, 10:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBlaine, Major46 min
May 5, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita41 min
May 5, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa43 min
May 5, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita46 min
May 6, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita32 min
May 6, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo40 min
May 6, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma51 min
May 6, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie41 min
May 6, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln29 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.