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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 515, NWS Norman, OK

June 11, 2015Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2015, 9:56 PM CDT for Harper County, Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 11, 2015, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2015, 10:33 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 11, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:43 PM CDT, 13 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
Jun 11, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	33 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	30 min
Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	35 min
Jun 11, 9:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
Jun 11, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	43 min
Jun 11, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	25 min
Jun 11, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	28 min
Jun 11, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woodward	28 min
Jun 12, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	27 min
Jun 12, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	51 min
Jun 12, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	31 min
Jun 12, 1:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	4 hr
Jun 12, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woods, Woodward	43 min
Jun 12, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	9 min
Jun 12, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward	46 min
Jun 12, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grant	3 hr
Jun 12, 2:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more	49 hr
Jun 12, 3:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Major, Woods	47 min
Jun 12, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Grant	31 min
Jun 12, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	42 min
Jun 12, 12:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Roger Mills	3 hr
Jun 12, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	52 min
Jun 12, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	42 min
Jun 12, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	40 min
Jun 12, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	39 min
Jun 12, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	51 min
Jun 12, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	41 min
Jun 12, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	46 min
Jun 12, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	38 min
Jun 12, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	36 min
Jun 12, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	49 min
Jun 12, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	40 min
Jun 12, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon	49 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	34 min
Jun 12, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	38 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	41 min
Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer, Harmon	4 hr
Jun 12, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Dewey	50 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	45 min
Jun 12, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	38 min
Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	66 min
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	45 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	58 min
Jun 12, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	3 hr

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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.