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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Norman, OK

May 15, 2015Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2015, 1:40 AM CDT for Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2015, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2015, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 14, 9:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 11:12 AM CDT, 14 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 11:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 12:48 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 1:16 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	36 min
May 15, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	27 min
May 15, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	29 min
May 15, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	36 min
May 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	35 min
May 15, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	31 min
May 15, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton	29 min
May 15, 4:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	26 hr
May 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady, Jefferson, Stephens	27 min
May 15, 5:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
May 15, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Logan, McClain, Oklahoma	30 min
May 15, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	25 min
May 15, 11:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo and 42 more	41 hr
May 15, 1:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Tillman	3 days
May 14, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	32 min
May 15, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	29 min
May 15, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	29 min
May 15, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Wichita	29 min
May 15, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	28 min
May 15, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	25 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.