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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Norman, OK

March 31, 20084 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2008, 11:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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: Mar 31, 2008, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2008, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Grady County, OK, McClain County, OK

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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
Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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 Mar 31, 3:44 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:44 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
344 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2008

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED IN WESTERN OK
SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAVE PERSISTED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND HAVE NOW
MOVED INTO NRN PARTS OF THE FA. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
MOVE NEWD THIS MORNING WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED LATER TODAY
AS FRONT/DRYLINE MOVE INTO THE AREA AND UPPER TROUGH MOVES
EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. FIRE WX WILL BE A CONCERN IN
WESTERN AREAS TODAY WITH VERY LOW RH BEHIND THE DRY LINE AND AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH VERY WARM TEMPS AND STRONG SW TO WEST
WINDS. SEVERE WX THREAT WILL ALSO CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS CNTRAL
AND ERN AREAS AS DRYLINE FRONT INTERACT WITH VERY MOIST UNSTABLE
AIRMASS AHEAD OF THESE BOUNDARIES. GENLY FOLLOWED GFS SOLN THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PD WITH SHOWERS/TSTM CHANCES LATE
TUESDAY/WED IN DEELOPING WAA PATTERN AHEAD OF S/W TROUGH APCHG
FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH
FRONT DRYLINE AS THE S/W CONTINUES EWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS. MAINLY
DRY WX THEN EXPECTED AS UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE WRN U.S.
WITH NWLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  80  46  62  45 /  50  20   0  10
HOBART OK         84  40  62  41 /  30  10   0  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  87  45  67  46 /  40  10   0  30
GAGE OK           75  37  61  40 /  20  10   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     73  43  60  41 /  60  20   0  10
DURANT OK         79  51  66  51 /  60  40  10  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR OKZ009-010-014>016-021-022-033>037.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS
     EVENING FOR TXZ083>089.

&&

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:26 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:30 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 11:44 AM CDT, 8 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
Mar 30, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	41 min
Mar 30, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Custer, Washita	49 min
Mar 30, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	37 min
Mar 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	46 min
Mar 30, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	43 min
Mar 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	40 min
Mar 30, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	33 min
Mar 30, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Major	44 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	48 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	48 min
Mar 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian	45 min
Mar 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	49 min
Mar 30, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	43 min
Mar 30, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	45 min
Mar 30, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	35 min
Mar 30, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	45 min
Mar 30, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward	41 min
Mar 30, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	37 min
Mar 30, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	49 min
Mar 30, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	44 min
Mar 30, 10:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	37 min
Mar 30, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Major	50 min
Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	49 min
Mar 30, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	32 min
Mar 30, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Oklahoma	46 min
Mar 31, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Major	41 min
Mar 31, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	51 min
Mar 31, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	48 min
Mar 31, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Logan, Major	44 min
Mar 31, 1:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	28 min
Mar 31, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Major	39 min
Mar 31, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	49 min
Mar 31, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garfield	32 min
Mar 31, 1:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan	26 min
Mar 31, 2:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	40 min
Mar 31, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	45 min
Mar 31, 2:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	47 min
Mar 31, 3:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Garfield	4 hr
Mar 31, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	44 min
Mar 31, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	45 min
Mar 31, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	42 min
Mar 31, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	26 min
Mar 31, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	47 min
Mar 31, 3:50 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more	17 hr
Mar 31, 3:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	40 min
Mar 31, 4:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	40 min
Mar 31, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	46 min
Mar 31, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	44 min
Mar 31, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Noble	42 min
Mar 31, 9:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	47 min
Mar 31, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	20 min
Mar 31, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	51 min
Mar 31, 11:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	42 min
Mar 31, 11:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	36 min
Mar 31, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	49 min
Mar 31, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	46 min
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	39 min
Mar 31, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	50 min
Mar 31, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	48 min
Mar 31, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	29 min
Mar 31, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie	31 min
Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	39 min
Mar 31, 1:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain	39 min
Mar 31, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	17 min
Mar 31, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	41 min
Mar 31, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	40 min
Mar 31, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	39 min
Mar 31, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	37 min
Mar 31, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie	48 min
Mar 31, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	27 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	44 min
Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	38 min
Mar 31, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray	48 min
Mar 31, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	44 min
Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	28 min
Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Pontotoc	49 min
Mar 31, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	34 min
Mar 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	19 min
Mar 31, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	39 min
Mar 31, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	40 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.