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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Norman, OK

May 16, 2010Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. 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: May 16, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 20 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 20 hours 29 minutes 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
May 16, 1:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	63 min
May 16, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	60 min
May 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	63 min
May 16, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	60 min
May 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	62 min
May 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	59 min
May 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	61 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Oklahoma, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.