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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

March 8, 2012Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Mar 8, 2012, 4:17 AM CST for Harmon County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 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
Mar 8, 2012, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2012, 4:45 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

County Harmon County, OK

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 7, 11:24 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 11:24 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 9:11 PM CST, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
911 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081000-
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-
911 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT
REACHING PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BY AROUND
SUNRISE THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MOST WIDESPREAD
NEAR AND NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT. ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. HOWEVER... SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST THURSDAY MAR 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...15 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND
A COLD FRONT THURSDAY...AS IT MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.  SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO AN INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE WEEKEND... HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN LOW BEYOND THURSDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
SOME SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  ANY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...WILL LIKELY BE
CONFINED TO GRASSY SURFACES...CARS...AND PERHAPS BRIDGES.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
THURSDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:16 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 12:18 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:09 AM CST, 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 8, 4:17 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 9:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods, Woodward27 min
Mar 7, 9:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant26 min
Mar 7, 10:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods36 min
Mar 7, 10:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant29 min
Mar 7, 11:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant44 min
Mar 7, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay43 min
Mar 8, 12:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay27 min
Mar 8, 4:09 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson21 min
Mar 8, 4:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNTillman24 min
Mar 8, 5:07 AM CSTWind AdvisoryOUNBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey and 11 more12 hr
Mar 8, 5:26 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa34 min
Mar 8, 5:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper33 min
Mar 8, 5:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Comanche, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more52 min
Mar 8, 7:37 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Grady, Stephens23 min
Mar 8, 7:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Stephens38 min
Mar 8, 8:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarvin35 min
Mar 8, 9:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNSeminole35 min
Mar 8, 2:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJohnston36 min
Mar 8, 2:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan44 min
Mar 8, 4:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln25 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.