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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 557, NWS Norman, OK

August 17, 20185 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2018, 6:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2018, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2018, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

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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 17, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:20 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 5:31 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:51 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 5:58 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 17, 6:08 PM CDT, 4 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 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	27 min
Aug 17, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	23 min
Aug 17, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	24 min
Aug 17, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	33 min
Aug 17, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Love	31 min
Aug 17, 6:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Carter, Love	117 min
Aug 17, 10:59 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 7 more	8 hr
Aug 17, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	33 min
Aug 17, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	51 min
Aug 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	23 min
Aug 17, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	37 min
Aug 17, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	25 min
Aug 17, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	24 min
Aug 17, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon	32 min
Aug 17, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	44 min
Aug 17, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	25 min
Aug 17, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Johnston	29 min
Aug 17, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	39 min
Aug 17, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	50 min
Aug 17, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	25 min
Aug 17, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Tillman	3 hr
Aug 17, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	32 min
Aug 17, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal, Johnston, Pontotoc	31 min
Aug 17, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin	23 min
Aug 17, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	31 min
Aug 17, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	41 min
Aug 17, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	35 min
Aug 17, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	27 min
Aug 17, 4:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	2 hr
Aug 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2018 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2018 Every 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.