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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2005Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2005, 7:28 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 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 10, 2005, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bryan 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 10, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 10, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
223 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...
DRYLINE HAS PUSHED INTO WESTERN TWO TIER OF COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
AND VISIBLE IMAGES INDICATE STORMS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND JUST WEST OF METROPLEX. EXPECT AS HEATING
CONTINUES THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH
SEVERE STORMS LIKELY. STILL APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
WILL BE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

EXPECT MOST OF THE STORMS TO BE EAST OF THE FA BY LATE EVENING
WITH LOW CLOUDS WRAPPING BACK INTO NORTHWEST PARTS OF FA.  WILL MAINTAIN
SLIGHT/CHANCE POPS MAINLY NORTH OF I-40 ON MONDAY AS UPPER LOW LIFTS
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS.

AS UPPER LOW WOBBLES SLOWLY EAST OF AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...
SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS.  EXPECT
DRY WEATHER UNTIL LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS
TO THE WEST. BEST MOISTURE RETURN INITIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
ACROSS HIGH PLAINS/WESTERN SECTIONS OF FA. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT
POPS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  53  69  43  69 /  40  20  10  10
HOBART OK         46  67  41  73 /  10  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  50  73  44  75 /  10  10   0   0
GAGE OK           44  61  37  70 /  20  20   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     52  67  43  67 /  60  20  10  10
DURANT OK         57  73  49  72 /  60  10  10   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ009-OKZ014-OKZ015-
     OKZ016-OKZ017-OKZ021-OKZ022-OKZ023-OKZ024-OKZ027-OKZ033-
     OKZ034-OKZ035-OKZ036-OKZ037-OKZ038-OKZ039-OKZ044-OKZ045.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ083-TXZ084-TXZ085-
     TXZ086-TXZ087-TXZ088-TXZ089-TXZ090.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
543 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

OKZ024-025-027>029-102300-
CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
543 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...
GRADY...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLANCHARD TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRINER AT 543 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM JUST WEST OF CRINER IS
CURRENTLY THE STRONGER STORM...BUT IS NOT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
OR STRONG WINDS AT THIS TIME.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...GRADY...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF NORMAN AND OKLAHOMA CITY...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
555 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

OKZ024-025-027>029-102315-
CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
555 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...
GRADY...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES.

SHOWERS AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEWCASTLE TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF DIBBLE AT 555 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ALTHOUGH INTENSIFICATION IS
STILL POSSIBLE...HEAVY RAIN IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY CONCERN...MAINLY
IN THE DIBBLE AND WASHINGTON AREAS.

PEOPLE IN CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...GRADY...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:40 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:59 PM CDT, 29 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 10, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	41 min
Apr 10, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	52 min
Apr 10, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	38 min
Apr 10, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	50 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	48 min
Apr 10, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	32 min
Apr 10, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln	34 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal	41 min
Apr 11, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	38 min

Nearby

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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.