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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 644, NWS Norman, OK

August 11, 2013Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2013, 7:24 PM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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 11, 2013, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK

The radar

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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 11, 6:41 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:41 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 11:25 AM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:34 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:42 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 6:44 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon37 min
Aug 11, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa27 min
Aug 11, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Greer31 min
Aug 11, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita45 min
Aug 11, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita24 min
Aug 11, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita28 min
Aug 11, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster33 min
Aug 11, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster30 min
Aug 11, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Woodward37 min
Aug 11, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKiowa32 min
Aug 11, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer36 min
Aug 11, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis34 min
Aug 11, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woodward50 min
Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNComanche33 min
Aug 11, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWashita32 min
Aug 12, 4:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOUNAlfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 29 more34 hr
Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal29 min
Aug 12, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton25 min
Aug 12, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Dewey34 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCoal31 min
Aug 12, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey42 min
Aug 12, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole27 min
Aug 12, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Custer46 min
Aug 12, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes29 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster33 min
Aug 12, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis31 min
Aug 12, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray36 min
Aug 12, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray30 min
Aug 12, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis25 min
Aug 12, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills31 min
Aug 12, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo14 min
Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills18 min
Aug 12, 6:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNMurray3 hr
Aug 12, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray26 min
Aug 12, 6:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster, Dewey39 min
Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis38 min
Aug 12, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods35 min
Aug 12, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woods, Woodward31 min
Aug 11, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita25 min
Aug 11, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNClay, Wichita34 min
Aug 11, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWichita32 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.