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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 538, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2018, 9:59 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 14, 2018, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2018, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Kiowa County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 82 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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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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 7:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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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, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 51 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, 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.