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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

August 8, 2011Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 11:36 PM CDT for Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2011, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Seminole County, OK

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 8, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

OKZ016-021>023-034-035-082345-
CADDO OK-CUSTER OK-GREER OK-KIOWA OK-WASHITA OK-BECKHAM OK-
619 PM CDT MON AUG 8 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM...CADDO...CUSTER...
GREER...KIOWA AND WASHITA COUNTIES.

AT 620 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUSTER CITY TO 3 MILES NORTH OF DELHI...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3530 9996 3549 9942 3575 9890 3539 9842
      3488 9965

30

Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
622 PM CDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0601 PM     TSTM WND GST     VANCE AIR FORCE BASE    36.34N 97.90W
08/08/2011  M63 MPH          GARFIELD           OK   ASOS

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     VANCE AIR FORCE BASE    36.34N 97.90W
08/08/2011  M70 MPH          GARFIELD           OK   ASOS

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SSE BILLINGS          36.48N 97.42W
08/08/2011  M73 MPH          NOBLE              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 8, 6:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
658 PM CDT MON AUG 08 2011

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 SSE RED ROCK          36.37N 97.13W
08/08/2011  M63 MPH          NOBLE              OK   MESONET

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	69 min
Aug 8, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Washita	30 min
Aug 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	80 min
Aug 8, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	46 min
Aug 8, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Washita	32 min
Aug 8, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	30 min
Aug 8, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	46 min
Aug 8, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	64 min
Aug 8, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	36 min
Aug 8, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	19 min
Aug 8, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	29 min
Aug 8, 10:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	28 min
Aug 8, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	18 min
Aug 9, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	18 min
Aug 9, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston, Love, Marshall	25 min
Aug 9, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	51 min
Aug 9, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	30 min
Aug 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	29 min
Aug 9, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	28 min

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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.