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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 547, NWS Norman, OK

August 16, 2018Grant County, Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2018, 3:09 PM CDT for Grant County, Kay 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2018, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 20 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:38 PM CDT, 20 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 11:06 AM CDTFlood WatchOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Garfield, Grady, Grant, Kay and 8 more7 hr
Aug 16, 12:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Custer, Dewey3 hr
Aug 16, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher28 min
Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKingfisher3 hr
Aug 16, 1:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNNoble30 min
Aug 16, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa28 min
Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne4 hr
Aug 16, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant37 min
Aug 16, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield35 min
Aug 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Logan, Noble43 min
Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant45 min
Aug 16, 2:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNNoble, Payne3 hr
Aug 16, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne27 min
Aug 16, 2:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Logan, Noble, Payne3 hr
Aug 16, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne46 min
Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble43 min
Aug 16, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne30 min
Aug 16, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOkfuskee23 min
Aug 16, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole28 min
Aug 16, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie, Seminole35 min
Aug 16, 6:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNPottawatomie, Seminole3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.