Tornado Warning 7, NWS Norman, OK

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WWUS54 KOUN 022318
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
518 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

OKC075-022330-
/O.CON.KOUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080302T2330Z/
KIOWA OK-
518 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 518 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF 
MOUNTAIN VIEW...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNTAIN VIEW.

THIS TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURED BY RAIN AND MAY NOT BE VISIBLE.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT
OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3511 9875 3510 9861 3492 9861 3491 9862
      3489 9862 3487 9884 3501 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 240DEG 24KT 3495 9878

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
324 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...
VERY DIVERSE AND COMPLICATED FORECAST...WITH SEVERE WEATHER
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND FRONT WILL REACH WIND ADVISORY
LEVELS AND PERHAPS EVEN BRIEF HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH PROSPECTS OF FAIRLY WIDESPREAD
SNOWS ALONG WITH THE WIND...WE OPTED TO CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORIES
FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND REPLACE WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ADVISORIES. THESE ADVISORIES WILL BE TIME-STEPPED FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING.

AS FAR AS SEVERE...LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY WEST/SOUTHWEST NEAR TRIPLE-
POINT. OVERALL SEVERE THREAT WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO HIGH WIND
AS ANTICIPATED SQUALL-LINE DEVELOPS ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WITH PROGRESSION AND
DEEPENING OF LOW LEVEL CYCLONE ALONG FRONT NEAR RED RIVER LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW...PERSISTENT TRAINING EFFECTS WILL KEEP
US WITH FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA.
CURRENT WATCH WILL CONTINUE AND DID NOT EXPAND IT.

AS FAR AS SNOW AMOUNTS GO...TRACK OF SURFACE THROUGH MID-LEVEL
CIRCULATIONS DO FAVOR A HEAVY SNOW EVENT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. NAM MODEL MOST AGGRESSIVE AND AN OUTLIER AS
FAR AS PRODUCING 6+INCHES OF SNOW OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. GFS A
LITTLE LESS AND FARTHER NORTH. CURRENT FORECAST BLENDS WELL WITH
COMPROMISE OF THE TWO AND CLOSE TO HPC WWD GRAPHICS. AS UPPER LOW
PULLS OUT TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING...WOULD NOT BE
TOO SURPRISED TO SEE A MESOSCALE BAND SET UP SOMEWHERE NEAR OR
SOUTHEAST OF I-44 CORRIDOR OF CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA...PRODUCING 4 TO 6 INCHES. WILL NOT GET FANCY AND TRY TO
PINPOINT AT THIS POINT AND WILL KEEP TOTAL AMOUNTS LESS THAN 4
INCHES AND SATISFY ADVISORY THAT WILL BE ISSUED. WITH STRONG WINDS
AND THE PERIODIC SNOW...SOME VISIBILITIES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED AND CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS.

MINIMAL CHANGES MADE TO LONGER PERIODS...WITH FRONTS EXPECTED
AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY. FORCING MINIMAL OR ABSENT WITH
THESE FRONTS AND MOISTURE FAIRLY LACKING SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY
AFTER MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  34  37  26  50 / 100  60  30   0
HOBART OK         33  39  25  56 /  80  60  20   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  37  41  29  59 /  80  70  40   0
GAGE OK           29  40  21  57 /  60  30   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     33  37  24  49 / 100  40  10   0
DURANT OK         42  42  29  51 / 100  80  60   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     OKZ018>020-022>030-033>038.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
     CST MONDAY FOR OKZ004>017-021.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 12 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     MONDAY NIGHT FOR OKZ032-040>043-045>048-050>052.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR OKZ033-036.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     OKZ039-044.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
     MORNING FOR OKZ043-047-048-051-052.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     MONDAY NIGHT FOR OKZ031.

TX...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     TXZ083>085.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 12 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
     MONDAY NIGHT FOR TXZ090.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ083>085-
     087-088.

     SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 12 PM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     TXZ086>089.

&&

30/11

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
435 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031300-
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-
435 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND ALL BUT
EXTREME NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM NOW
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
MAKES ITS WAY OVER THE REGION.

IMPACTS...
SEVERE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND THUNDERSTORM WINDS UP TO 75 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY
THROUGH MID-EVENING.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS UNTIL EARLY
MONDAY MORNING.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED
OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE NEAR AND AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD FRONT...A SHARPENING DRY
LINE WILL BE SEEN OVER FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH LATE EVENING...BEFORE BEING OVERTAKEN BY
THE COLD FRONT. WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL BE SEEN AHEAD OF
AND NEAR THESE FEATURES...AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE QUITE STRONG.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE AND COLD
FRONT...AND CONSOLIDATE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX BY LATE EVENING OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT LEAST THROUGH
MID-EVENING...AND WITH THOSE SUPERCELLS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE LIKELY. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH
MID-EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERN BY LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AS THE STORMS
ORGANIZED INTO A LARGE COMPLEX.

AS THE COLDER AND MORE STABLE AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT...THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL DIMINISH.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST MONDAY MAR 3.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...100 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TO THE WEST OF THE DRY LINE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR
THOSE AREAS.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA...THE MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA WHERE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.

VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
WITH SNOW SHOWERS TO CREATE HAZARDOUS REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY LATE
TONIGHT AND MUCH OF TOMORROW.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING... FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORIES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
REGARDING THESE HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT WITH MANY AREAS RECEIVING AN INCH OR TWO.
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE... MAINLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 44. ALONG WITH THE SNOW... STRONG NORTH WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES AND
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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

30/11

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
353 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

OKZ010-022215-
WOODWARD OK-
353 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WOODWARD COUNTY.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM ALABASTER CAVERNS
STATE PARK TO 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK AT
353 PM CST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
359 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

OKZ022-022215-
WASHITA OK-
359 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WASHITA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SENTINEL AT
359 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
411 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

OKZ035-036-022230-
JACKSON OK-KIOWA OK-
411 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR JACKSON AND KIOWA COUNTIES.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR LONE WOLF AND 4 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BLAIR AT 411 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN JACKSON AND KIOWA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
HOBART...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
420 PM CST SUN MAR 02 2008

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

0414 PM     HAIL             CORDELL                 35.30N 98.98W
03/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       WASHITA            OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

0405 PM     HAIL             5 SE SEILING            36.10N 98.86W
03/02/2008  E1.00 INCH       DEWEY              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KWTV STORM TRACKER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
438 PM CST SUN MAR 02 2008

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

0400 PM     HAIL             TALOGA                  36.04N 98.96W
03/02/2008  E2.75 INCH       DEWEY              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY SHERIFF DEPT.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
503 PM CST SUN MAR 02 2008

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

0445 PM     HAIL             2 WNW ROOSEVELT         34.86N 99.05W
03/02/2008  E0.88 INCH       KIOWA              OK   NWS EMPLOYEE

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