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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Norman, OK

April 25, 2017Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2017, 9:55 PM CDT for Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2017, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2017, 10:33 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Grady County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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
Apr 25, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 25, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 7:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 11:48 AM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:10 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:19 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 9:22 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:48 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 9:52 PM CDT, 3 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 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	30 min
Apr 25, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	28 min
Apr 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	31 min
Apr 25, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma	25 min
Apr 25, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	31 min
Apr 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	31 min
Apr 25, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, Stephens	38 min
Apr 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	66 min
Apr 25, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	26 min
Apr 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Pottawatomie	45 min
Apr 25, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	10 min
Apr 25, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	37 min
Apr 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	20 min
Apr 25, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	27 min
Apr 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	26 min
Apr 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Oklahoma	3 hr
Apr 25, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	48 min
Apr 25, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	46 min
Apr 25, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	27 min
Apr 25, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	23 min
Apr 25, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	29 min
Apr 25, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	27 min
Apr 25, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	63 min
Apr 25, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	32 min
Apr 25, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland	27 min
Apr 25, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, McClain	34 min
Apr 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	32 min
Apr 25, 10:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Hughes	16 min
Apr 25, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	43 min
Apr 25, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	30 min
Apr 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	44 min
Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc	60 min
Apr 26, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	30 min
Apr 26, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	35 min
Apr 26, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	26 min
Apr 26, 3:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Hughes	26 min
Apr 26, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	44 min
Apr 26, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Love	39 min
Apr 26, 5:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Carter, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Love and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	38 min
Apr 26, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	24 min

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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.