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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2015, 6:44 PM CDT for Comanche County, Cotton County, Stephens County, 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 9, 2015, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Stephens County, OK
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 9, 1:21 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 9, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
409 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
.DISCUSSION...
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.
SUBSTANTIAL SEVERE...INCLUDING TORNADOES POSSIBLE. GREATEST
CONCERN WILL BE OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...NEAR AND SOUTH OF
SEYMOUR AND WICHITA FALLS...OVER TOWARD SOUTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
SOMEWHAT LOW CONFIDENCE IN DRYLINE CONVECTION AFFECTING WESTERN
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL LEAVE POPS
GOING FOR THE POSSIBILITY. MOST OF THE FORCING AND STEERING FLOW
WOULD KEEP CONVECTION JUST NORTH AND WEST OF BODY OF OKLAHOMA.
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH NORTHERN TEXAS/FAR SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA CONVECTIVE TRENDS THROUGH THE EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT...
WE COULD SEE CONVECTION REDEVELOPING NEAR THE I-44 CORRIDOR TOWARD
DAYBREAK SUNDAY. IF THERE IS AN MCS TO OUR SOUTH...CHANCES QUITE
LOW. IF CONVECTION DOES NOT SUSTAIN TO OUR SOUTH OR MOVES EAST
QUICKER THAN PROGD...WE COULD SEE ELEVATED LLJ INDUCED ACTIVITY
NEAR THE I-44 CORRIDOR TOMORROW MORNING. SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS
WOULD BE SEE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH MOST OF THE SEVERE RISK
ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING APPEARS
TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS-SOUTHWEST INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
A COUPLE OF DRY DAYS MONDAY AND TUESDAY BEFORE ACTIVE PATTERN
RETURNS MID TO LATE WEEK. ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR PROBABLE
WITH FLOODING A DEFINITE AND CONTINUING THREAT. TEMPERATURES WERE
NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM PREV FCSTS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 63 76 51 70 / 40 60 30 0
HOBART OK 57 78 49 71 / 30 20 10 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 63 78 54 73 / 60 60 20 10
GAGE OK 51 74 44 69 / 20 0 10 0
PONCA CITY OK 63 77 49 70 / 30 50 30 0
DURANT OK 68 76 59 75 / 80 80 80 20
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR OKZ006>008-011>013-
015>048-050>052.
TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ083>090.
&&
25/11Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 9, 5:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NW ELECTRA 34.08N 98.98W
05/09/2015 E70 MPH WILBARGER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
OFF OF HIGHWAY 287
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
602 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TORNADO 4 WNW BURKBURNETT 34.11N 98.63W
05/09/2015 WICHITA TX TRAINED SPOTTER
TOUCHDOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MULLER ROAD AND FAIRVIEW
ROAD
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MBSLocal storm report, May 9, 6:17 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
617 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0609 PM TORNADO 4 W RANDLETT 34.18N 98.53W
05/09/2015 COTTON OK TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED A STOVEPIPE CROSSING THE ROAD LESS THAN
HALF A MILE IN FRONT OF HIM.
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MDAYLocal storm report, May 9, 6:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
633 PM CDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM TORNADO 2 N WILLIS 33.92N 96.83W
05/09/2015 MARSHALL OK TRAINED SPOTTER
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MDAYLocal storm report, May 9, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| May 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, Love, Murray, Stephens | 4 hr |
| May 8, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 32 min |
| May 8, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 6 more | 56 min |
| May 8, 8:06 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 23 hr |
| May 8, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman | 5 days |
| May 8, 8:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Love | 26 days |
| May 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 38 min |
| May 8, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 45 min |
| May 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Johnston, Love and 3 more | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 24 min |
| May 8, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hughes | 32 min |
| May 8, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall | 44 min |
| May 8, 9:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Oklahoma | 11 hr |
| May 8, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 32 min |
| May 9, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Murray | 4 days |
| May 9, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 27 min |
| May 9, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 39 min |
| May 9, 1:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 37 hr |
| May 9, 2:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Bryan | 4 days |
| May 9, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 38 min |
| May 9, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Stephens | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Roger Mills | 27 min |
| May 9, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey | 44 min |
| May 9, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian, Carter, Garvin, Grady, Murray | 26 min |
| May 9, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey, Ellis | 35 min |
| May 9, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Beckham | 35 min |
| May 9, 9:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray | 3 hr |
| May 9, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 26 min |
| May 9, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 4 hr |
| May 9, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Marshall | 37 min |
| May 9, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 4 hr |
| May 9, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 36 min |
| May 9, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens | 52 min |
| May 9, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 9, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 40 min |
| May 9, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kiowa | 37 min |
| May 9, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 9, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 42 min |
| May 9, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Grady, Stephens | 53 min |
| May 9, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 23 min |
| May 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita | 46 min |
| May 9, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Grady, Kiowa, Stephens and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 1:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 5 hr |
| May 9, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Canadian | 29 min |
| May 9, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland | 33 min |
| May 9, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens | 43 min |
| May 9, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo | 29 min |
| May 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 28 min |
| May 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pottawatomie | 35 min |
| May 9, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 6 hr |
| May 9, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 30 min |
| May 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston | 14 min |
| May 9, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Murray and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 27 min |
| May 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 26 min |
| May 9, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 36 min |
| May 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 37 min |
| May 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Coal | 30 min |
| May 9, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 119 min |
| May 9, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hughes | 42 min |
| May 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole | 4 hr |
| May 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 50 min |
| May 9, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 49 min |
| May 9, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 32 min |
| May 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 26 min |
| May 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 3 hr |
| May 9, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Cotton | 26 min |
| May 9, 6:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jefferson, Love | 4 days |
| May 9, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 50 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.