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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Norman, OK

April 3, 2008Cotton County, Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT for Cotton County, Oklahoma; Archer County, Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cotton County, OK, Archer County, TX, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX

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 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado 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 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
145 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
ELEVATED ECHOES ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA AS LOW CLOUDS DECREASE AND
ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BEGIN
DEVELOPING SOON ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE INSTABILITY
INCREASING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOOK LIKE A DECENT BET. BEST LOW
LEVEL SHEAR /0-1 KM/ IS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...
SO AGREE WITH THE SPC SEVERE WEATHER AND SPECIFIC THREAT
POTENTIAL. OTHER SHORT-TERM ISSUE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN.
AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA... MODEL PROGS OF LOW-LEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS INCREASE WHICH WILL LIKELY ALLOW ENHANCED LIFT WITH
AGEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THE CURRENT
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS THE GEOGRAPHY OF MOST CONCERN COVERED WELL
AND WILL KEEP THE WATCH AS IS.

PRECIP WILL PUSH TO THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING AND WARMING YET MILD
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. NEXT HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES
RETURN LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  47  63  40  67 /  50  10   0   0
HOBART OK         44  62  39  70 /  30  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  48  65  43  75 /  60  20   0   0
GAGE OK           40  63  37  73 /  20  10   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     41  61  38  66 /  20  10   0   0
DURANT OK         52  62  45  70 /  80  30  10   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR OKZ032-041>043-
     046>048-050>052.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ021-033-034-
     036.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>085-087-
     088.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 12:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours 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 3, 3:26 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 27 more	9 hr
Apr 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson	17 hr
Apr 3, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	51 min
Apr 3, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	27 min
Apr 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	25 min
Apr 3, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	51 min
Apr 3, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	38 min
Apr 3, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall	50 min
Apr 3, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	25 min
Apr 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Marshall	46 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	31 min
Apr 3, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal	45 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	42 min
Apr 3, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita	47 min
Apr 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	43 min
Apr 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.