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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Norman, OK

May 30, 20134 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 1:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2013, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 30, 12:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 12:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 12:25 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1225 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

OKZ008-013-301800-
KAY OK-NOBLE OK-
1225 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KAY AND NOBLE
COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...

AT 1221 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF PONCA CITY TO 4 MILES WEST OF RED ROCK TO 3
MILES WEST OF LUCIEN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCA CITY...PERRY...RED ROCK...MARLAND...LUCIEN...SOONER LAKE AND
CERES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3671 9692 3668 9694 3670 9704 3668 9707
      3659 9705 3658 9697 3660 9691 3657 9689
      3650 9703 3633 9703 3633 9701 3619 9726
      3627 9747 3639 9746 3647 9737 3672 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 281DEG 16KT 3664 9710 3644 9726 3629 9751

AUSTIN

Special weather statement, May 30, 12:32 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 12:44 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1244 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

OKZ024>030-301845-
OKLAHOMA OK-LINCOLN OK-MCCLAIN OK-GRADY OK-CLEVELAND OK-
POTTAWATOMIE OK-CANADIAN OK-
1244 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OKLAHOMA...CENTRAL LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN...NORTHEASTERN GRADY...CLEVELAND...CENTRAL
POTTAWATOMIE AND EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

...THIS IS A SPECIAL FORECAST FOR THE TORNADO RECOVERY AREAS...

AROUND 1245 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING FROM NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE
STATE.  THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FROM THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST AROUND 230 PM TO 4 PM.  CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS WHICH CAN PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

LAT...LON 3512 9688 3507 9777 3566 9780 3574 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 240DEG 49KT 3539 9745

Special weather statement, May 30, 1:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 1:09 PM CDT, 5 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 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills, Washita	3 hr
May 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grant, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Noble and 3 more	52 min
May 29, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Kiowa, Roger Mills and 1 more	63 min
May 29, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	41 min
May 29, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	27 min
May 29, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Washita	36 min
May 29, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston, Murray	50 min
May 29, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	60 min
May 29, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	58 min
May 29, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	33 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	61 min
May 29, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Love	43 min
May 29, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	58 min
May 29, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc	56 min
May 29, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Washita	72 min
May 29, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	36 min
May 29, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Garfield	60 min
May 29, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	50 min
May 29, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	49 min
May 29, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan and 2 more	46 min
May 29, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall	3 hr
May 29, 11:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	3 hr
May 29, 11:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Noble	2 hr
May 29, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Noble, Payne	60 min
May 29, 11:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Coal	3 hr
May 29, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Johnston	66 min
May 30, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	62 min
May 30, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Hughes	63 min
May 30, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay, Noble, Payne	64 min
May 30, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	32 min
May 30, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	28 min
May 30, 7:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston	38 min
May 30, 8:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	28 min
May 30, 8:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	23 min
May 30, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	35 min
May 30, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	35 min
May 30, 12:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, Hughes, Kay and 9 more	43 hr
May 30, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	28 min
May 30, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	39 min
May 30, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	61 min
May 30, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	41 min
May 30, 1:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	26 min
May 30, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	36 min
May 30, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	28 min
May 30, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	10 min
May 30, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	52 min
May 30, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne	43 min
May 30, 1:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	40 min
May 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	39 min
May 30, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	47 min
May 30, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	37 min
May 30, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	35 min
May 30, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, McClain	51 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	33 min
May 30, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche	48 min
May 30, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	63 min
May 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	46 min
May 30, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	44 min
May 30, 3:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	42 min
May 30, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Grady	43 min
May 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Payne	4 hr
May 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	28 min
May 30, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	41 min
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	48 min
May 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	67 min
May 30, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	59 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	38 min
May 30, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	30 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	54 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Pottawatomie	50 min
May 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	34 min
May 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	27 min
May 30, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	40 min
May 30, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	51 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	31 min
May 30, 5:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady	3 hr
May 30, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	46 min
May 30, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Grady, Murray, Stephens	60 min
May 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	44 min
May 30, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Grady, Stephens	53 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.