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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 346, NWS Norman, OK

May 10, 2015Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

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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 10, 12:58 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 10, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 12:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1244 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

.DISCUSSION...
10/18Z TAF DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
INCLUDED MENTION OF TSRA AT KOKC/KOUN UP TO KPNC WITH CONVECTION
INITIATING ALONG INCOMING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. HIGHEST CONFIDENCE UP
AROUND KPNC BUT WITH SOME MODEL GUIDANCE POINTING TO A SOUTHERN
EXTENT OF CONVECTION NEAR I-40 WILL MENTION AT KOKC/KOUN.
OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
END OF FORECAST POST FRONTAL WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHERLY LOW
LEVEL WIND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  76  51  70  50 /  60  20   0   0
HOBART OK         78  49  70  48 /  20  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  78  55  72  51 /  70  10  10   0
GAGE OK           74  43  68  43 /  10  10   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     77  48  69  45 /  60  20   0   0
DURANT OK         76  60  75  54 / 100  70  20  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR OKZ026-028>032-039>043-
     045>048-050>052.

TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ090.

&&

84/11

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:40 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 12:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 1:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 10, 1:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
132 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKZ008-013-101900-
NOBLE OK-KAY OK-
132 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NOBLE AND KAY COUNTIES
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 128 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF BRAMAN TO 4 MILES EAST OF
BILLINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THE
THREAT FOR A TORNADO THROUGH 2 PM REMAINS VERY LOW.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3678 9675 3677 9682 3674 9683 3675 9689
      3668 9693 3670 9703 3669 9705 3660 9704
      3659 9706 3659 9704 3660 9691 3656 9689
      3656 9690 3651 9703 3644 9704 3637 9739
      3700 9732 3700 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 216DEG 29KT 3695 9722 3651 9737

Special weather statement, May 10, 1:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
151 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKZ051-052-101930-
BRYAN OK-MARSHALL OK-
151 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BRYAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 148 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF POTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURANT...COLBERT...ACHILLE...SILO...MEAD...ARMSTRONG...WOODVILLE...
EASTERN LAKE TEXOMA...CARTWRIGHT...CALERA AND MCBRIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3382 9653 3382 9658 3385 9663 3389 9659
      3390 9663 3392 9666 3391 9668 3386 9669
      3383 9671 3382 9675 3383 9677 3385 9678
      3411 9651 3404 9629 3390 9623 3378 9644
      3377 9650
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 227DEG 33KT 3373 9676

AUSTIN

Special weather statement, May 10, 2:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
207 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKZ042-043-046>048-051-101945-
ATOKA OK-CARTER OK-COAL OK-PONTOTOC OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-
207 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ATOKA...EAST CENTRAL
CARTER...SOUTHWESTERN COAL...SOUTH CENTRAL PONTOTOC...NORTHWESTERN
MARSHALL AND JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 205 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANNSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADILL...TISHOMINGO...DICKSON...MANNSVILLE...RAVIA...WAPANUCKA...
MILBURN...BROMIDE...REAGAN...RUSSETT...PONTOTOC...FILLMORE...
CONNERVILLE AND OAKLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3402 9684 3415 9701 3459 9665 3437 9628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 231DEG 48KT 3417 9685

AUSTIN

Special weather statement, May 10, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

OKZ047-050>052-102030-
BRYAN OK-LOVE OK-MARSHALL OK-JOHNSTON OK-
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BRYAN...SOUTHEASTERN
LOVE...MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 243 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR MADILL TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEBANON TO NEAR CALLISBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...
FLOODING RAINFALL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADILL...KINGSTON...COLBERT...SILO...MEAD...NIDA...LAKE TEXOMA...
LEBANON...LITTLE CITY...WOODVILLE...WILLIS...CARTWRIGHT...OAKLAND AND
MCBRIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 9709 3416 9682 3415 9639 3381 9652
      3384 9662 3389 9659 3392 9666 3383 9671
      3383 9676 3387 9681 3385 9685 3395 9691
      3395 9698 3385 9702 3385 9709 3382 9705
      3380 9709 3372 9711 3373 9711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 239DEG 29KT 3406 9680 3394 9695 3370 9704

AUSTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	34 min
May 9, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	39 min
May 9, 7:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	112 min
May 9, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	27 min
May 9, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Tillman	11 min
May 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	31 min
May 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	30 min
May 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	46 min
May 9, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	36 min
May 9, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more	3 hr
May 9, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	28 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Pottawatomie	46 min
May 9, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	24 min
May 9, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	23 min
May 9, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc	52 min
May 9, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Garvin, Hughes, McClain, Murray, Pontotoc and 2 more	3 hr
May 9, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	44 min
May 9, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	37 min
May 9, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	49 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	24 min
May 9, 11:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	58 hr
May 9, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	26 min
May 10, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	42 min
May 10, 12:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Garvin, Grady	51 hr
May 10, 3:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka	4 days
May 10, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	56 min
May 10, 5:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes	12 hr
May 10, 5:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Stephens	53 min
May 10, 5:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	32 min
May 10, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	30 min
May 10, 8:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	3 hr
May 10, 8:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole	40 min
May 10, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	33 min
May 10, 8:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	45 min
May 10, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	10 hr
May 10, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	36 min
May 10, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	31 min
May 10, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	45 min
May 10, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	25 min
May 10, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Johnston	51 min
May 10, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	32 min
May 10, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	29 min
May 10, 1:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	3 hr
May 10, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	28 min
May 10, 1:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	39 min
May 10, 2:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	8 hr
May 10, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	38 min
May 10, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	45 min
May 10, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston	44 min
May 10, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Bryan	36 min
May 10, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	6 hr
May 10, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	23 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Love, Marshall	30 min
May 10, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	28 min
May 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	48 min
May 10, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	32 min
May 10, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	50 min
May 10, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love, Marshall	28 min
May 10, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	37 min
May 10, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	25 min
May 10, 5:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston	4 hr
May 10, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	23 min
May 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	45 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and 2 more	115 min
May 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	52 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	45 min
May 10, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	39 min
May 10, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	37 min
May 10, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Baylor, Knox	50 min
May 10, 3:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox, Wilbarger	51 min
May 10, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Clay, Wichita	42 min
May 10, 4:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	25 min
May 10, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	35 min
May 10, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay, Wichita	47 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.