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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 623, NWS Norman, OK

August 8, 2013Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2013, 12:56 AM CDT for Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 8, 2013, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 Aug 7, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 8:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1118 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

OKZ004-009-080445-
HARPER OK-ELLIS OK-
1118 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARPER AND NORTHWESTERN ELLIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1113 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
BEAVER COUNTY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SLAPOUT. THE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
POTENTIALLY SEVERE WINDS GUSTING OVER 55 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED OR IF STORMS THREATEN YOU.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9969 3683 9953 3681 9953 3645 9984
      3644 10000 3700 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 259DEG 49KT 3695 10043 3673 10024 3648 10044

..SPEG.
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:10 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:32 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 8, 12:37 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman50 min
Aug 7, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Tillman25 min
Aug 7, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma27 min
Aug 7, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper27 min
Aug 7, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Kiowa, Washita37 min
Aug 7, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper48 min
Aug 8, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Washita35 min
Aug 8, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis, Harper28 min
Aug 8, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster, Roger Mills23 min
Aug 8, 1:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor21 min
Aug 8, 2:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Kingfisher, Major, Woods43 min
Aug 8, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Major, Woods48 min
Aug 8, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Woods3 hr
Aug 8, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
Aug 8, 3:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay52 min
Aug 8, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward10 hr
Aug 8, 3:38 PM CDTFlood WatchOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major and 3 more21 hr
Aug 8, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton15 min
Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton28 min
Aug 8, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton22 min
Aug 8, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton24 min
Aug 8, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper31 min
Aug 8, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton25 min
Aug 8, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa23 min
Aug 8, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa52 min
Aug 8, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor35 min
Aug 8, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor20 min
Aug 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor43 min
Aug 8, 5:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHardeman22 min
Aug 8, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor19 min
Aug 8, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman49 min
Aug 8, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor, Knox59 min
Aug 8, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Wilbarger48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.