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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

March 5, 200820 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this winter storm warning at Mar 5, 2008, 11:53 AM CST for 20 counties in Oklahoma. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 5:15 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 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 5, 2008, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2008, 5:15 AM CST
Expired
Mar 6, 2008, 8:26 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 5, 10:05 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 10:05 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 11:53 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Love, Marshall17 hr
Mar 5, 11:53 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 12 more29 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every winter storm 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.