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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 470, NWS Norman, OK

May 26, 2019Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 10:53 PM CDT for Ellis County, Harper County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2019, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2019, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 8:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 7:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningOUNLove4 days
May 26, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward51 min
May 27, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward47 min
May 27, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey38 min
May 27, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Woods, Woodward49 min
May 27, 1:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNWoods3 hr
May 27, 1:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble12 hr
May 27, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods48 min
May 27, 2:11 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa, Harper, Woods, Woodward6 hr
May 27, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis39 min
May 27, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woodward50 min
May 27, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward28 min
May 27, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward45 min
May 27, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods28 min
May 27, 3:49 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNWoodward4 hr
May 27, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods, Woodward32 min
May 27, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward45 min
May 27, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant38 min
May 27, 5:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant32 min
May 27, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay32 min
May 27, 4:19 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa36 hr

Nearby

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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.