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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

July 25, 2013Knox County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2013, 6:21 PM CDT for Knox County, Texas. 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: Jul 25, 2013, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Knox County, TX

The radar

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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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 25, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 11:57 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
621 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

TXZ087-252345-
KNOX TX-
621 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 621 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
VERA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LAT...LON 3355 9974 3379 9977 3375 9948 3373 9948
      3352 9954
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 186DEG 12KT 3364 9966

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	115 min
Jul 25, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	24 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.