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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

May 28, 2012Foard County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2012, 4:26 PM CDT for Foard County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: May 28, 2012, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Foard County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

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 May 27, 5:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 5:35 PM CDT, 22 hours 51 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 27, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	30 min
May 27, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	20 min
May 27, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	27 min
May 28, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	23 min
May 28, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	35 min
May 28, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	36 min
May 28, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	38 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Tillman	63 min
May 28, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	31 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain	44 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	61 min
May 28, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Stephens	44 min
May 28, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Murray	14 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	62 min
May 28, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	65 min
May 28, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	62 min
May 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Wichita	66 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Knox	61 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor	62 min
May 28, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	41 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.