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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Norman, OK

April 28, 2020Cotton County, Jefferson County, Stephens County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2020, 7:52 PM CDT for Cotton County, Jefferson County, Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 28, 2020, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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
Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:11 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:25 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens39 min
Apr 28, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole41 min
Apr 28, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain30 min
Apr 28, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole44 min
Apr 28, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka34 min
Apr 28, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens47 min
Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie, Seminole43 min
Apr 28, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole33 min
Apr 28, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc, Seminole34 min
Apr 28, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens50 min
Apr 28, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes, Pontotoc, Seminole46 min
Apr 28, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love, Murray43 min
Apr 28, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love, Stephens55 min
Apr 28, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc41 min
Apr 28, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Murray39 min
Apr 28, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Love, Marshall46 min
Apr 28, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall62 min
Apr 29, 10:16 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 10 more3 hr
Apr 28, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay45 min
Apr 28, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay27 min
Apr 28, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.