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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Norman, OK

April 27, 2003Baylor County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2003, 6:11 PM CDT for Baylor County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: Apr 27, 2003, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baylor County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 12:03 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1203 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT DO NOT EXPECT THEM
TO BE SEVERE.

DISCUSSION...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.  ALTHOUGH
THERE WILL BE A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS AND SIGNIFICANT MID-LEVEL
INSTABILITY... A RATHER STRONG CAPPING INVERSION IS LIKELY TO
PREVENT STORMS FROM OCCURRING AT ALL.  IF STORMS DO FORM... MOISTURE
WILL BE LIMITED... AND THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS QUITE LOW.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT MONDAY APR 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...30 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AS A LONG
SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS AFFECTS THE REGION.  THE RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LOW THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
MONDAY.

MAXWELL

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.