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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Norman, OK

May 2, 2024Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2024, 9:58 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 62 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 2, 2024, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 9:04 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:21 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:33 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:42 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 9:46 PM CDT, 12 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 2, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	37 min
May 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	31 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma	3 hr
May 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	48 min
May 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	26 min
May 2, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	27 min
May 2, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	48 min
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	46 min
May 2, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	34 min
May 2, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	46 min
May 2, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Okfuskee	38 min
May 2, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	51 min
May 2, 11:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	3 hr
May 2, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	27 min
May 2, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	49 min
May 2, 11:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
May 3, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Coal	32 min
May 3, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pottawatomie	26 min
May 3, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Seminole	29 min
May 3, 2:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	25 min
May 3, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole	3 hr
May 3, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	37 min
May 3, 4:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Pontotoc	3 hr
May 3, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	30 min
May 3, 8:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton	28 hr
May 3, 1:19 PM CDT	Flood Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 32 more	48 hr
May 3, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	37 min
May 2, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	38 min
May 2, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	24 min
May 2, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Wilbarger	38 min
May 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	44 min
May 2, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Knox	52 min
May 2, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wilbarger	26 min
May 2, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	24 min
May 2, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman, Wilbarger	48 min
May 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	29 min
May 2, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	29 min
May 2, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	41 min
May 2, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	24 min
May 2, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	33 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	41 min
May 2, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	26 min
May 3, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Wichita	31 min
May 3, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	26 min
May 3, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay	47 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.