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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 2:41 AM CDT for 5 counties in 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2013, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 7, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
511 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071100-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
511 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS BORDER
AND WILL BE THE PRIMARY FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW OF THE STORMS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS OVER FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY AUG 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...25 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THIS
EVENING. PLEASE TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
STORM CHANCES WILL SPREAD SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO
THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE REGION. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A HEAT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. PLEASE TAKE
STEPS TO PREVENT HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Woodward | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Woods, Woodward | 39 min |
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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.