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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Norman, OK

May 14, 2018Caddo County, Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2018, 9:25 PM CDT for Caddo County, Canadian County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 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: May 14, 2018, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Grady 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
May 14, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Local storm report, May 14, 8:44 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 8:54 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 8:56 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 9:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 9:16 PM CDT, 9 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
May 14, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	33 min
May 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	3 hr
May 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	31 min
May 14, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham	42 min
May 14, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	26 min
May 14, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	41 min
May 14, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	24 min
May 14, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon	36 min
May 14, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	58 min
May 14, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	27 min
May 14, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	37 min
May 14, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	33 min
May 14, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	47 min
May 14, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	41 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	59 min
May 14, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Grady	50 min
May 14, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	31 min
May 14, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant, Kay	29 min
May 14, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant, Kay	70 min
May 14, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	30 min
May 14, 9:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	34 min
May 14, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma	34 min
May 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	30 min
May 14, 10:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	3 hr
May 14, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	24 min
May 14, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	25 min
May 14, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	28 min
May 14, 10:39 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer and 7 more	101 min
May 14, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	30 min
May 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	36 min
May 15, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	24 min
May 15, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	36 min
May 15, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	32 min
May 15, 9:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	28 min
May 15, 9:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Bryan	114 min
May 15, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	31 min
May 15, 11:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	43 min
May 15, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	38 min
May 15, 11:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	35 min
May 15, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	39 min
May 15, 11:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kiowa	3 hr
May 15, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	36 min
May 15, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	50 min
May 15, 12:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo	3 hr
May 15, 12:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Grady	3 hr
May 15, 12:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Grady	3 hr
May 15, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	52 min
May 15, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	26 min
May 15, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Murray	37 min
May 15, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc	50 min
May 15, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	31 min
May 15, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter	49 min
May 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garvin	116 min
May 15, 2:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Murray	3 hr
May 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc	34 min
May 15, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Johnston, Love, Marshall	38 min
May 15, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	51 min
May 15, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Johnston, Marshall	47 min
May 15, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	36 min
May 15, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	32 min
May 14, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	36 min
May 14, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	32 min
May 14, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	36 min
May 14, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	53 min
May 14, 11:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Archer, Wichita	3 hr
May 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Wichita	23 min
May 14, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Wichita	3 hr
May 15, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	35 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.