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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 507, NWS Norman, OK

August 12, 2011Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2011, 5:05 AM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 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
Aug 12, 2011, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
55 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 10:09 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 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 Aug 11, 10:46 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:46 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 4:30 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:42 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine33 min
Aug 12, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay37 min
Aug 12, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher31 min
Aug 12, 6:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher37 min
Aug 12, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield28 min
Aug 12, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay25 min
Aug 12, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay35 min
Aug 12, 6:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield34 min
Aug 12, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay35 min
Aug 12, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay29 min
Aug 12, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne26 min
Aug 12, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay26 min
Aug 12, 10:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay37 min
Aug 12, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKay108 min
Aug 12, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJefferson, Stephens47 min
Aug 12, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMcClain53 min
Aug 12, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Stephens56 min
Aug 12, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNStephens24 min
Aug 12, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods77 min
Aug 12, 4:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole35 min
Aug 12, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin, McClain52 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Murray63 min
Aug 12, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady36 min
Aug 12, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie36 min
Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods22 min
Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woodward61 min
Aug 12, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie54 min
Aug 12, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa12 min
Aug 12, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln26 min
Aug 12, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Woods52 min
Aug 12, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln44 min
Aug 12, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Ellis, Major, Woodward56 min
Aug 12, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay41 min
Aug 12, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay66 min
Aug 12, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNClay3 hr
Aug 12, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita43 min

Nearby

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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.