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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

August 7, 2016Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 9:54 PM CDT for Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2016, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Woods 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 Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 12:29 PM CDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1229 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081200-
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-
1229 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MARGINAL RISK COVERS THE NORTHERN
HALF OF OKLAHOMA...THE I-40 CORRIDOR TO THE KANSAS BORDER.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A
SLOWED SURFACE BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES SOUTHWARD OUT OF KANSAS. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. A
FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE... WITH WINDS GUSTS TO 60
MPH THE PRIMARY HAZARD... ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.HEAT...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAT INDEX VALUES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME
LOCATIONS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
SOUTH CENTRAL... AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

.THUNDERSTORMS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH DAY FOR AT
LEAST PART OF THE AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. THE HIGHEST
CHANCES WILL BE MONDAY THEN AGAIN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

.HEAT...
THE HOT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT
INDICES... SOME OF WHICH WILL EXCEED 105 DEGREES.. ACROSS PARTS
OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA MONDAY.

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

EM/KURTZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:00 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
900 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2016

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

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AMES                    36.25N 98.19W
08/07/2016                   MAJOR              OK   PUBLIC

            4 INCH TREE LIMBS SNAPPED.

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RBARNES

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
954 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

OKZ004-005-010-080400-
HARPER OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK-
954 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARPER...CENTRAL
WOODS AND NORTHEASTERN WOODWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 951 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREEDOM...ALABASTER CAVERNS STATE PARK AND CAMP HOUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9921 3662 9935 3692 9922 3674 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 214DEG 14KT 3662 9923

03

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	41 min
Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	55 min
Aug 7, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Major	47 min
Aug 7, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey, Roger Mills	61 min
Aug 7, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Major	38 min
Aug 7, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	54 min
Aug 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	64 min
Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Major, Woodward	40 min
Aug 7, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	64 min
Aug 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	46 min
Aug 7, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	56 min
Aug 7, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant	54 min
Aug 7, 10:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Major	3 hr
Aug 7, 10:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	3 hr
Aug 7, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	30 min
Aug 7, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	59 min
Aug 7, 11:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	41 min
Aug 7, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	49 min
Aug 8, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	37 min
Aug 8, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	36 min
Aug 8, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Murray	26 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston, Murray	56 min
Aug 8, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	32 min
Aug 8, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	29 min
Aug 8, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	34 min
Aug 8, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	25 min
Aug 8, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	48 min
Aug 8, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	28 min
Aug 8, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	25 min
Aug 8, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	36 min
Aug 8, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	48 min
Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	29 min
Aug 8, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	21 min
Aug 8, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	3 hr
Aug 8, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	32 min
Aug 8, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	32 min
Aug 8, 4:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	3 hr
Aug 8, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	33 min
Aug 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	31 min
Aug 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	34 min
Aug 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	33 min
Aug 8, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	31 min
Aug 8, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	36 min
Aug 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	26 min
Aug 8, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	26 min
Aug 8, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	33 min
Aug 8, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	27 min
Aug 8, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Knox	36 min
Aug 8, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	27 min

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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.