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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Norman, OK

May 13, 2022Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT for Cotton 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

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cotton County, OK

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 May 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 1:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 4:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 5:43 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 13, 5:53 PM CDT, 24 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
May 12, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	28 min
May 12, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	45 min
May 12, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	26 min
May 12, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	21 min
May 12, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	46 min
May 12, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	33 min
May 12, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Roger Mills, Washita	48 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Beckham, Roger Mills	3 hr
May 12, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	32 min
May 13, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Custer	34 min
May 13, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	34 min
May 13, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Major	34 min
May 13, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer	26 min
May 13, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	26 min
May 13, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	31 min
May 13, 2:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer	3 hr
May 13, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	32 min
May 13, 6:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
May 13, 7:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	28 min
May 13, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	28 min
May 13, 8:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Seminole	3 hr
May 13, 8:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	28 min
May 13, 9:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Seminole	3 hr
May 13, 9:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	16 min
May 13, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 13, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	33 min
May 13, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 13, 11:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	27 min
May 13, 11:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	34 min
May 13, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	50 min
May 13, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	48 min
May 13, 12:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 13, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Okfuskee	22 min
May 13, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	28 min
May 13, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	29 min
May 13, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	28 min
May 13, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	37 min
May 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	47 min
May 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	32 min
May 13, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	31 min
May 13, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	48 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.