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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Norman, OK

May 9, 2007Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, OK

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 9, 11:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 11:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-101300-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1145 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2007

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NEAR AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM HOLLIS TO CLINTON AND CHEROKEE.  THIS INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE THE
PRIMARY CONCERNS.

DISCUSSION...
ALTHOUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS HAVE SOMEWHAT STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE THE
PAST FEW DAYS...ADEQUATE INSTABILITY WILL STILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT.
WIND SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST FEW
DAYS...BUT GREATER LARGE-SCALE LIFT FROM AN INCOMING STORM SYSTEM
WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE TODAY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A STATIONARY FRONT...EXTENDING FROM NORTH-CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...INTO
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE THROUGH
TONIGHT...BUT MAY STILL ACT AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR STRONG AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
CONCERNS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SATURATED SOILS
IS EXPECTED TO BE A MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. MANY RIVERS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS ARE ALREADY IN A STATE OF FLOODING AND ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY MAY 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER
TO FLOOD RELATED PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A SLOW EASTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER TEXAS WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
THE SATURATED GROUND ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE
PROVIDE FOR AN ELEVATED RISK FOR FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 11:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 9, 12:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1207 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2007

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

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SCOTLAND                33.66N 98.47W
05/08/2007                   ARCHER             TX   PUBLIC

            SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF HOUSE AND SOME TREE LIMBS WERE
            BLOWN DOWN.

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE ARROWHEAD          33.71N 98.37W
05/08/2007                   CLAY               TX   PUBLIC

            8 INCH DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED AND OTHER TREE LIMBS BLOWN
            DOWN.

&&

TY
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
257 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007

OKZ034-035-092015-
KIOWA OK-GREER OK-
257 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GREER AND KIOWA COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GRANITE AT 257 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTH AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL... WINDS AROUND 45 MPH... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN GREER AND KIOWA COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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Special weather statement, May 9, 3:38 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 9, 4:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche29 min
May 8, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman32 min
May 8, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche3 hr
May 8, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa39 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche36 min
May 8, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche44 min
May 8, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo31 min
May 8, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCaddo3 hr
May 8, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche32 min
May 8, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrady3 hr
May 8, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNCanadian3 hr
May 8, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady44 min
May 8, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian49 min
May 8, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian27 min
May 8, 11:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBryan3 hr
May 9, 12:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKingfisher3 hr
May 9, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNCanadian36 min
May 9, 12:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNKingfisher39 min
May 9, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian32 min
May 9, 12:49 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma26 min
May 9, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher46 min
May 9, 1:14 AM CDTTornado WarningOUNLogan46 min
May 9, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLogan3 hr
May 9, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne64 min
May 9, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa37 min
May 9, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita38 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay41 min

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Sources

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