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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Norman, OK

March 2, 2008Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2008, 8:56 PM CST for Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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 2, 2008, 8:56 PM CST (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2008, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 6:22 PM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:01 PM CST, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:32 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:33 PM CST, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 8:42 PM CST, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 2, 8:55 PM CST, 1 minute 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 2, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	45 min
Mar 2, 6:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	42 min
Mar 2, 6:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa	39 min
Mar 2, 6:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	63 min
Mar 2, 6:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	52 min
Mar 2, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	47 min
Mar 2, 7:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	44 min
Mar 2, 7:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Caddo	22 min
Mar 2, 7:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	33 min
Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	39 min
Mar 2, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	48 min
Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	61 min
Mar 2, 7:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more	22 hr
Mar 2, 7:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	47 min
Mar 2, 7:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	27 min
Mar 2, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	52 min
Mar 2, 8:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	34 min
Mar 2, 8:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne	45 min
Mar 2, 8:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady, McClain	56 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	49 min
Mar 2, 9:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	58 min
Mar 3, 3:40 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 7 more	8 hr
Mar 3, 11:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 17 more	17 hr
Mar 2, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	51 min
Mar 2, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita	43 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.