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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 383, NWS Norman, OK

May 16, 2003Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 1:14 AM CDT for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2003, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2003, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washita County, OK

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

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 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 12:00 PM CDT, 13 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Roger Mills	45 min
May 15, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	51 min
May 15, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Roger Mills	60 min
May 15, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	50 min
May 15, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	67 min
May 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	38 min
May 15, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	52 min
May 15, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita	81 min
May 16, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	25 min
May 16, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward	47 min
May 16, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson	31 min
May 16, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	31 min
May 16, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	44 min
May 16, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	40 min
May 16, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Major	48 min
May 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	38 min
May 16, 1:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Major	23 min
May 16, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita	45 min
May 16, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and 1 more	59 min
May 16, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	46 min
May 16, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	44 min
May 16, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Love, Murray	60 min
May 16, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Lincoln, Noble, Payne	47 min
May 16, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Pontotoc	63 min
May 16, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	56 min
May 16, 3:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	46 min
May 16, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	51 min
May 16, 3:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	45 min
May 16, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love	41 min
May 16, 3:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	32 min
May 16, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Murray	34 min
May 16, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Pontotoc	49 min
May 16, 4:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	29 min
May 16, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	25 min
May 16, 5:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	54 min
May 16, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	62 min
May 16, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	28 min
May 16, 6:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	46 min
May 16, 12:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	49 min
May 16, 12:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	26 min
May 16, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	49 min
May 16, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	45 min
May 16, 1:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	65 min
May 16, 1:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	32 min
May 16, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher	28 min
May 16, 1:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	53 min
May 16, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	44 min
May 16, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	30 min
May 16, 2:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	64 min
May 16, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	45 min
May 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	117 min
May 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	66 min
May 15, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	40 min
May 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	61 min
May 15, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	38 min
May 15, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Wilbarger	52 min
May 15, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	48 min
May 16, 12:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	42 min
May 16, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	39 min
May 16, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	26 min
May 16, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	50 min
May 16, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	43 min
May 16, 1:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	43 min
May 16, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	48 min
May 16, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	38 min
May 16, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	46 min
May 16, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay	40 min
May 16, 3:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	28 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.