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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Norman, OK

April 26, 20166 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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: Apr 26, 2016, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble 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
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	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 Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 7:57 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
757 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-280100-
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-
757 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS IS EAST OF A LINE FROM CHEROKEE
AND WEATHERFORD... TO NEAR LAWTON OKLAHOMA... TO NEAR WICHITA
FALLS TEXAS.

TIMING...
SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS. A FEW TORNADOES ARE STILL
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
THE RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...
NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
PARTS OF THE AREA THE REST OF THIS EVENING. A LINE OF STORMS WILL
MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH INDIVIDUAL STORMS POSSIBLE EAST OF
THE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN. HOWEVER... A FEW TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE...
ESPECIALLY WITH ANY STORMS THAT ARE AHEAD OF THE LINE.

STORMS HAVE ENDED IN FAR WESTERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO END FROM WEST TO EAST THE
REST OF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR FRIDAY ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. THE GREATEST RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA.

GET GRAPHICS AND MORE DETAILS AT WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN...AND FOLLOW
OUR WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
813 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNW NINNEKAH          34.97N 97.94W
04/26/2016  M65 MPH          GRADY              OK   MESONET

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:14 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
816 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SSE CHICKASHA         35.02N 97.93W
04/26/2016  M74 MPH          GRADY              OK   MESONET

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:22 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 26, 8:31 PM CDT, 0 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
Apr 26, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	44 min
Apr 26, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	54 min
Apr 26, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	51 min
Apr 26, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	45 min
Apr 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	56 min
Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	50 min
Apr 26, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	116 min
Apr 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant	47 min
Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	44 min
Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble, Payne	41 min
Apr 26, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	55 min
Apr 26, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne	29 min
Apr 26, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan, McClain and 2 more	50 min
Apr 26, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love and 2 more	40 min
Apr 26, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	4 hr
Apr 26, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Noble and 5 more	49 min
Apr 26, 8:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	30 min
Apr 26, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Carter, Garvin, Johnston, Love, McClain and 3 more	49 min
Apr 26, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, McClain, Noble, Payne and 3 more	47 min
Apr 26, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	6 hr
Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston and 4 more	49 min
Apr 26, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Johnston	11 min
Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Lincoln, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	50 min
Apr 26, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more	38 min
Apr 26, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	50 min
Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more	5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.