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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Norman, OK

March 18, 2020Love County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2020, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Love County, OK

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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

Local storm report, Mar 18, 8:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 18, 8:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 9:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Norman OK
908 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

TXZ089-190245-
Archer TX-
908 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR southern Archer County Until 945
PM CDT...

AT 907 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Olney, moving
northeast at 20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Wind gusts to 50 MPH...

LAT...LON 3340 9890 3368 9877 3356 9849 3339 9863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 208DEG 18KT 3341 9877

..speg.

Local storm report, Mar 18, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
920 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ALTUS                   34.65N 99.31W
03/18/2020                   JACKSON            OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS LOCATIONS REPORTED TO HAVE WATER FLOWING OVER
            ROADWAYS, PARTICULARLY ON SOME CITY STREETS IN ALTUS.

&&

TLINDLEY

Local storm report, Mar 18, 10:03 PM CDT, 44 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
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, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa	44 min
Mar 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	117 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.