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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

October 12, 2011Stephens County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 12, 2011, 8:22 AM CDT for Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 23 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: Oct 12, 2011, 8:22 AM CDT (13:22 UTC)
Expired: Oct 12, 2011, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 12, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 6:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 4:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 12, 8:22 AM CDT, 0 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
Oct 11, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	14 min
Oct 11, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	14 min
Oct 11, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	14 min
Oct 11, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	17 min
Oct 11, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	24 min
Oct 12, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	19 min
Oct 11, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	24 min
Oct 11, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	46 min
Oct 11, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	49 min
Oct 11, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	61 min
Oct 11, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	15 min
Oct 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	40 min
Oct 12, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	67 min
Oct 12, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	65 min
Oct 12, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	62 min
Oct 12, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	21 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2011 Every special weather statement in 2011

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.