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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2009, 12:29 AM CDT for Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 29, 2009, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2009, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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 28, 6:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
825 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-291000-
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-
825 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009
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 TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS
OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ARNETT... TO CLINTON...
TO FREDERICK... TO ELECTRA... TO SEYMOUR.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS LATE
TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
A SLOW-MOVING SURFACE FRONT... EXTENDING FROM WESTERN NORTH TEXAS
EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TUESDAY
EVENING... WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH AND WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. A SOUTHERLY
LOW-LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT ACROSS WESTERN TEXAS...
RESULTING IN NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALOFT
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THE AIR NEAR THE SURFACE IS LIKELY
TO REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL AND STABLE... BUT SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN UPSLOPE FLOW AND LIFT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING...
POSSIBLY MERGING INTO A LARGER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX BEFORE MOVING
EAST INTO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. VERTICAL
WIND SHEAR AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL MEAN THAT LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE MAIN CONCERN.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY APR 29.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...70 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE WESTERN HALF OF
OKLAHOMA. THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH
AT LEAST FRIDAY... AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHICH
COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING AND MAIN-STEM RIVER FLOODING.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.
24In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1037 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009 OKZ033-036-TXZ083-290400- JACKSON OK-HARMON OK-HARDEMAN TX- 1037 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARDEMAN...HARMON AND JACKSON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLETT AT 1037 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN HARDEMAN...HARMON AND JACKSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OUN | Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Harper, Woods | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 79 min |
| Apr 29, 4:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Grady, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 8:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Stephens | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 9:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 10:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray | 114 min |
| Apr 29, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and 1 more | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 10:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma | 117 min |
| Apr 29, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Harper, Woods, Woodward | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Major, Woods, Woodward | 28 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 11:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson and 7 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Murray | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Jefferson | 113 min |
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Love, Murray | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton | 3 days |
| Apr 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Marshall | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 1:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman, Wilbarger | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 10:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Wichita | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Clay | 3 hr |
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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.