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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Norman, OK

May 19, 2023Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2023, 1:22 PM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 19, 2023, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2023, 1:47 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

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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
May 19, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 12:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 12:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 9:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Norman OK
932 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-201445-
Harper-Woods-Alfalfa-Grant-Kay-Ellis-Woodward-Major-Garfield-
Noble-Roger Mills-Dewey-Custer-Blaine-Kingfisher-Logan-Payne-
Beckham-Washita-Caddo-Canadian-Oklahoma-Lincoln-Grady-McClain-
Cleveland-Pottawatomie-Seminole-Hughes-Harmon-Greer-Kiowa-Jackson-
Tillman-Comanche-Stephens-Garvin-Murray-Pontotoc-Coal-Cotton-
Jefferson-Carter-Johnston-Atoka-Love-Marshall-Bryan-Hardeman-
Foard-Wilbarger-Wichita-Knox-Baylor-Archer-Clay-
932 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern...
western...central...and southern Oklahoma...and western north
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

.Thunderstorms...

Thunderstorms across southeast Oklahoma will be moving out by
late morning, and should remain below severe. Could see
thunderstorms redevelop this afternoon into the early evening
hours along and ahead of a cold front. A few of these storms
could become severe by late afternoon across southeast Oklahoma,
with up to golf ball size hail and damaging wind gusts as the
severe hazards. Heavy rainfall across southeast Oklahoma could
also produce some localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

.Thunderstorms...

Thunderstorm chances will return again on Sunday and every day
through next week across parts of our area. Severe storms are not
expected at this time.

Get graphics and more details at weather.gov/norman...and follow
our weather forecast office on Twitter and Facebook.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
731 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

OKZ048-052-191300-
Atoka OK-Bryan OK-
731 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Bryan
and Atoka Counties through 800 AM CDT...

At 731 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northwest of Daisy to 4 miles north of
Bokchito. Movement was northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Stringtown, Lane, Daisy, McGee Creek Lake, Redden, Chockie, Bentley,
Darwin, and eastern Atoka Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3451 9578 3416 9578 3416 9598 3415 9596
      3412 9594 3403 9594 3403 9626 3468 9597
      3468 9588 3459 9588 3459 9567 3451 9567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 238DEG 19KT 3463 9582 3409 9614

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MDU

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
813 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

OKZ048-191330-
Atoka OK-
813 AM CDT Fri May 19 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Atoka
County through 830 AM CDT...

At 812 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Daisy to 6 miles south of
Lane. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
McGee Creek Lake and Darwin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 9606 3440 9587 3444 9578 3416 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 248DEG 30KT 3441 9581 3421 9596

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

MDU

Special weather statement, May 19, 12:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 1:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 19, 1:14 PM CDT, 8 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 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	30 min
May 18, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	26 min
May 18, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	49 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	27 min
May 19, 12:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	46 min
May 19, 12:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	41 min
May 19, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	65 min
May 19, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	49 min
May 19, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Noble	51 min
May 19, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	33 min
May 19, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Washita	45 min
May 19, 2:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer, Washita	3 hr
May 19, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant, Noble	51 min
May 19, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	39 min
May 19, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher	46 min
May 19, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	42 min
May 19, 4:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	25 min
May 19, 4:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Kingfisher, Logan and 1 more	3 hr
May 19, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	46 min
May 19, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	44 min
May 19, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Oklahoma	28 min
May 19, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	41 min
May 19, 5:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie	3 hr
May 19, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	26 min
May 19, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	35 min
May 19, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes, Lincoln, Seminole	41 min
May 19, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka, Coal, Hughes	44 min
May 19, 6:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Cleveland, Hughes, Lincoln, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 19, 7:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	29 min
May 19, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Atoka	17 min
May 19, 8:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Atoka	3 hr
May 19, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	35 min
May 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	50 min
May 19, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	31 min
May 19, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	21 min
May 19, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	34 min
May 19, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	30 min
May 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	37 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	29 min
May 19, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	38 min
May 19, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	25 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	30 min
May 19, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan	23 min
May 18, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	27 min
May 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	33 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.