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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Norman, OK

April 30, 2004Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2004, 2:52 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2004, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 30, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 12:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
120 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0118 PM     HAIL             5 ENE SHEPPARD AFB      34.01N 98.42W
04/30/2004  1.00 INCH        CLAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

TY

Local storm report, Apr 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 1:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
158 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0157 PM     HAIL             5 SW PETROLIA           33.96N 98.29W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        CLAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 1:59 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 2:16 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
216 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     HAIL             2 S PETROLIA            33.98N 98.23W
04/30/2004  1.50 INCH        CLAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 2:38 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
238 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0237 PM     HAIL             SUGDEN                  34.08N 97.98W
04/30/2004  0.75 INCH        JEFFERSON          OK   PUBLIC

0230 PM     HAIL             10 N HENRIETTA          33.96N 98.19W
04/30/2004  0.88 INCH        CLAY               TX   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

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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, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	44 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, 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.