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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 536, NWS Norman, OK

August 14, 2018Caddo County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2018, 9:09 PM CDT for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 51 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: Aug 14, 2018, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Caddo County, OK

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
724 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2018

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

0723 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N YUKON               35.53N 97.74W
08/14/2018  M51 MPH          CANADIAN           OK   MESONET

            WIND GUSTS UP TO 51MPH MEASURED BY MESONET.

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:26 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:42 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
842 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2018

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

0834 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SSW OKLAHOMA CITY     35.42N 97.55W
08/14/2018                   OKLAHOMA           OK   PUBLIC

            ROAD IMPASSABLE DUE TO SWIFT-MOVING WATER.

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:57 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 9:07 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:07 PM CDT, 2 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
Aug 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	41 min
Aug 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	50 min
Aug 14, 7:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Aug 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	47 min
Aug 14, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	51 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	49 min
Aug 14, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	44 min
Aug 14, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	3 hr
Aug 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	39 min
Aug 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	3 hr
Aug 14, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	38 min
Aug 14, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	46 min
Aug 14, 8:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Aug 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian	40 min
Aug 14, 9:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	23 min
Aug 14, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	52 min
Aug 14, 9:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Caddo	3 hr
Aug 14, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	34 min
Aug 14, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	35 min
Aug 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	18 min
Aug 14, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kiowa, Washita	46 min
Aug 14, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	30 min
Aug 14, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	3 hr
Aug 14, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	29 min
Aug 14, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Washita	36 min
Aug 14, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Washita	3 hr
Aug 14, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	32 min
Aug 14, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	40 min
Aug 14, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	38 min
Aug 14, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	31 min
Aug 14, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita	39 min
Aug 14, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	47 min
Aug 14, 11:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	3 hr
Aug 15, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	45 min
Aug 15, 12:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	52 min
Aug 15, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	46 min
Aug 15, 4:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	32 min
Aug 15, 5:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	38 min
Aug 15, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	39 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.