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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Norman, OK

May 11, 2023Archer County, Baylor County, Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2023, 7:24 AM CDT for Archer County, Baylor County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 11, 2023, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2023, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Wichita County, TX

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 11, 6:39 AM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:39 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 5:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 6:44 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 6:58 AM CDT, 26 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 10, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie	3 hr
May 10, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	3 hr
May 10, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	31 min
May 10, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kay	29 min
May 11, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	33 min
May 11, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	31 min
May 11, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Jackson	46 min
May 11, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills	47 min
May 11, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills	38 min
May 11, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	30 min
May 11, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	28 min
May 11, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major	60 min
May 11, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	28 min
May 11, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	28 min
May 11, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	28 min
May 11, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	26 min
May 11, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	33 min
May 11, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	32 min
May 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	43 min
May 11, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson, Stephens	28 min
May 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	27 min
May 11, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	25 min
May 11, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	42 min
May 11, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	30 min
May 11, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady, Oklahoma	40 min
May 11, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer	38 min
May 11, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	31 min
May 11, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	24 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.