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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2020, 8:46 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
- Mar 18, 2020, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2020, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Comanche County, OK, Kiowa County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:01 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK 805 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020 OKZ036-037-TXZ085-190130- Tillman OK-Jackson OK-Wilbarger TX- 805 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR west central Tillman...south central Jackson and northwestern Wilbarger Counties Until 830 PM CDT... AT 801 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Vernon, moving north at 45 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... Hail up to the size of nickels... Wind gusts to 50 MPH... LAT...LON 3403 9919 3406 9941 3448 9937 3450 9908 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 188DEG 40KT 3413 9929 ..speg.
Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:12 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
830 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM HAIL 3 NE LOCKETT 34.12N 99.34W
03/18/2020 E0.88 INCH WILBARGER TX EMERGENCY MNGR
&&Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 7:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Cotton | 69 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 7:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 9:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 117 min |
| Mar 18, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 11:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Love, Marshall | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Kiowa, Washita | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian, Oklahoma | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Johnston | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Comanche, Tillman | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Tillman | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 2:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, Pottawatomie | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 3:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Stephens | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, Murray, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 4:33 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Pontotoc | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 6:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 6:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cotton, Garvin, Stephens | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 7:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 19 hr |
| Mar 19, 7:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Garvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Stephens | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | McClain | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 8:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 41 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Pottawatomie | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Garvin, McClain | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 11:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | OUN | Stephens | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Murray | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Hughes | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Coal, Hughes | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Murray | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Bryan | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 25 min |
| Mar 18, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Archer | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wilbarger | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wilbarger | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay | 31 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.