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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1012, NWS Norman, OK

August 17, 2025Woods County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2025, 9:26 PM CDT for Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 49 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: Aug 17, 2025, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2025, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 17, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 17, 7:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:26 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Aug 17, 8:40 PM CDT, 46 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
Aug 17, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Harper, Woods	25 min
Aug 17, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills, Washita	50 min
Aug 17, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	46 min
Aug 17, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	29 min
Aug 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Roger Mills	3 hr
Aug 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer, Dewey	46 min
Aug 17, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	30 min
Aug 17, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	34 min
Aug 17, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	15 min
Aug 17, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	35 min
Aug 17, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods, Woodward	29 min
Aug 18, 12:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	OUN	Alfalfa, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 26 more	32 hr
Aug 18, 2:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	35 min
Aug 18, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	29 min
Aug 18, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	23 min
Aug 18, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
Aug 18, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Harper	45 min
Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	36 min
Aug 18, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	35 min
Aug 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	34 min
Aug 18, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	29 min
Aug 18, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	28 min
Aug 18, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Woods	37 min
Aug 18, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	28 min
Aug 18, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	27 min
Aug 18, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	26 min
Aug 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	47 min
Aug 18, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills	42 min
Aug 18, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant	31 min
Aug 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	33 min
Aug 18, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	42 min
Aug 18, 5:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Ellis, Harper	3 hr
Aug 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield	30 min
Aug 18, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	26 min
Aug 18, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	38 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Garfield, Grant	3 hr
Aug 18, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Major	48 min
Aug 18, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woodward	48 min
Aug 18, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	32 min
Aug 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	31 min
Aug 18, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	31 min
Aug 18, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major	19 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.