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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

July 8, 2016Blaine County, Major County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT for Blaine County, Major County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2016, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 5:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Blaine County, OK, Major County, OK

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 8, 3:35 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:35 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:32 AM CDT, 4 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1232 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081800-
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-
1232 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN...
WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

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

.THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
AND WESTERN PARTS OF OKLAHOMA...POSSIBLE DOWN INTO WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED
TO AREAS WEST OF A VERNON TEXAS...TO HOBART...WEATHERFORD AND
ENID OKLAHOMA LINE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH ANY SEVERE STORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA FRIDAY INCREASING
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40... WITH A MARGINAL
RISK ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA FOR LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND HEAVY
RAIN THAT COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS. LOWER CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST SUNDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
125 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

OKZ010-080700-
WOODWARD OK-
125 AM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WOODWARD COUNTY
UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 122 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAGE...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTFLOW ARE
AFFECTING WOODWARD COUNTY. IF THE STORM MAINTAINS ITS INTENSITY...A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR WOODWARD COUNTY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WOODWARD...FORT SUPPLY...SHARON AND TANGIER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED OR IF STORMS THREATEN YOU.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 9961 3660 9929 3616 9929 3616 9959
      3624 9960 3625 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 265DEG 21KT 3629 9978

MAHALE

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:32 AM 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
Jul 8, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	50 min
Jul 8, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	43 min
Jul 8, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	35 min
Jul 8, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	60 min
Jul 8, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	41 min
Jul 8, 2:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	29 min
Jul 8, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	51 min
Jul 8, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	46 min
Jul 8, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	31 min
Jul 8, 5:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	35 min
Jul 8, 5:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	24 min
Jul 8, 5:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	37 min
Jul 8, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	33 min
Jul 8, 6:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	34 min
Jul 8, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	29 min
Jul 8, 7:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne	28 min
Jul 8, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	36 min
Jul 8, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Payne	42 min
Jul 8, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	48 min
Jul 8, 8:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Payne	33 min
Jul 8, 9:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	37 min
Jul 8, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	35 min
Jul 8, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	42 min
Jul 8, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	51 min
Jul 8, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer	46 min
Jul 8, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Roger Mills	40 min
Jul 8, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	46 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	30 min
Jul 8, 4:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jul 8, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	49 min
Jul 8, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham	3 hr
Jul 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	49 min
Jul 8, 4:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer	44 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Beckham	117 min
Jul 8, 5:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer	51 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	30 min
Jul 8, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	39 min
Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	2 hr
Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	47 min
Jul 8, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	35 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	45 min
Jul 8, 6:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain	42 min
Jul 8, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	37 min
Jul 8, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa	51 min
Jul 8, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	50 min
Jul 8, 6:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	3 hr

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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.