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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

October 13, 2012Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 8:36 PM CDT for Atoka 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: Oct 13, 2012, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Atoka 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
708 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

OKZ031-032-041>043-046>048-050>052-140030-
SEMINOLE OK-BRYAN OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-ATOKA OK-PONTOTOC OK-
LOVE OK-MURRAY OK-COAL OK-HUGHES OK-CARTER OK-
708 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE...BRYAN...
MARSHALL...JOHNSTON...ATOKA...PONTOTOC...LOVE...EASTERN MURRAY...
COAL...HUGHES AND SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
ALLEN...TO MILL CREEK...TO LAKE MURRAY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE...ADA...DURANT...SULPHUR...HOLDENVILLE...LONE GROVE...
MADILL...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...COALGATE...CALERA...WETUMKA...
MARIETTA...KINGSTON...DICKSON...BYNG...COLBERT...ALLEN...CADDO AND
ROFF.

LAT...LON 3451 9568 3451 9578 3416 9578 3415 9596
      3395 9594 3385 9576 3384 9615 3368 9635
      3389 9659 3382 9676 3396 9691 3385 9709
      3372 9711 3392 9721 3382 9744 3395 9756
      3528 9635 3529 9599 3468 9609 3459 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 239DEG 94KT 3433 9680

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 7:45 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

OKZ043-046>048-050>052-140115-
BRYAN OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-ATOKA OK-LOVE OK-COAL OK-CARTER OK-
746 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BRYAN...MARSHALL...
JOHNSTON...ATOKA...EASTERN LOVE...SOUTHEASTERN COAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 743 PM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
COALGATE...TO FILLMORE...TO MADILL. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURANT...MADILL...TISHOMINGO...ATOKA...COALGATE...CALERA...
MARIETTA...KINGSTON...CADDO...OAKLAND...MANNSVILLE...RAVIA...
WAPANUCKA...THACKERVILLE...STRINGTOWN...TUSHKA...LEHIGH...MILBURN...
SILO AND CANEY.

LAT...LON 3414 9597 3383 9659 3392 9666 3382 9676
      3386 9688 3396 9691 3394 9698 3385 9701
      3385 9709 3383 9705 3374 9709 3372 9716
      3374 9717 3405 9722 3409 9716 3468 9609
      3468 9597 3451 9578 3425 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 240DEG 48KT 3428 9645

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 13, 8:23 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
823 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

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

0815 PM     HAIL             1 SW KINGSTON           33.99N 96.73W
10/13/2012  E1.00 INCH       MARSHALL           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

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RBARNES

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:36 PM 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 13, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love and 3 more	22 min
Oct 13, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Johnston, Marshall	30 min
Oct 13, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Johnston, Marshall	29 min
Oct 13, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 1 more	61 min
Oct 13, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	66 min
Oct 13, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	62 min
Oct 13, 10:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Marshall	3 hr
Oct 13, 10:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Marshall	3 hr
Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Bryan	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2012 Every 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.