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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Norman, OK

April 30, 2004Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2004, 12:31 AM CDT for Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2004, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2004, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, OK

The radar

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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 29, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1113 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

OKZ035-300430-
KIOWA OK-
1113 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR KIOWA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONE WOLF AT 1113 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN KIOWA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF HOBART...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

...SPEG.

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:34 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 11:36 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 11:40 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1229 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

OKZ035-300545-
KIOWA OK-
1229 AM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR KIOWA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
AT 1229 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL TO NEAR THE SIZE OF
DIMES ARE POSSIBLE.

Local storm report, Apr 30, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 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
Apr 29, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	43 min
Apr 29, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	35 min
Apr 29, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	52 min
Apr 29, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	34 min
Apr 29, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	38 min
Apr 30, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Kiowa	3 hr
Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	48 min
Apr 30, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	59 min
Apr 30, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	62 min
Apr 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson	44 min
Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson	53 min
Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	48 min
Apr 30, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	23 min
Apr 30, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Jefferson	43 min
Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jefferson	3 hr
Apr 30, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	61 min
Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie	47 min
Apr 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Love	30 min
Apr 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	49 min
Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady	35 min
Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	46 min
Apr 30, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	51 min
Apr 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	49 min
Apr 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	67 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	46 min
Apr 30, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	25 min
Apr 30, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	37 min
Apr 30, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	31 min
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wilbarger	48 min
Apr 29, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	41 min
Apr 30, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	61 min
Apr 30, 2:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Clay	43 min
Apr 30, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	35 min
Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.