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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 556, NWS Norman, OK

May 29, 2025Caddo County, Grady County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2025, 5:03 PM CDT for Caddo County, Grady County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 29, 2025, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2025, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Caddo County, OK, Grady County, OK

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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 11:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Norman OK
1155 AM CDT Thu May 29 2025

OKZ045-TXZ090-291730-
Jefferson OK-Clay TX-
1155 AM CDT Thu May 29 2025

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern
Jefferson and northeastern Clay Counties through 1230 PM CDT...

At 1155 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles southeast of Byers, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 40 mph and penny size 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...
Ryan, Terral, and Sugden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3397 9821 3412 9816 3414 9814 3410 9781
      3388 9793 3388 9796 3389 9798 3385 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 287DEG 22KT 3404 9810

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 29, 12:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:24 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:34 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 4:57 PM CDT, 6 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 28, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	52 min
May 28, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	33 min
May 28, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	41 min
May 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	36 min
May 28, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	47 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	34 min
May 28, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods, Woodward	30 min
May 28, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper, Woodward	38 min
May 28, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	35 min
May 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	46 min
May 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	30 min
May 28, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper, Woodward	32 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	31 min
May 28, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills, Woodward	25 min
May 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	31 min
May 28, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills	47 min
May 28, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods, Woodward	30 min
May 28, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	29 min
May 28, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Major, Woods, Woodward	48 min
May 28, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	32 min
May 29, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Major	33 min
May 29, 12:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	31 min
May 29, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	50 min
May 29, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan	32 min
May 29, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	30 min
May 29, 12:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	34 min
May 29, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	33 min
May 29, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	32 min
May 29, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Washita	35 min
May 29, 2:11 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Major, Woods, Woodward	30 hr
May 29, 2:17 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	6 hr
May 29, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	33 min
May 29, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma	34 min
May 29, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie	32 min
May 29, 5:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	30 min
May 29, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	36 min
May 29, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa	45 min
May 29, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	30 min
May 29, 7:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Cotton, Tillman	39 min
May 29, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	30 min
May 29, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kiowa	28 min
May 29, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Jefferson	47 min
May 29, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	36 min
May 29, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	30 min
May 29, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	33 min
May 29, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	24 min
May 29, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	33 min
May 29, 10:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Comanche	3 hr
May 29, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	37 min
May 29, 11:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	34 min
May 29, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cotton	31 min
May 29, 11:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	35 min
May 29, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	9 min
May 29, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson	30 min
May 29, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Washita	47 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Washita	32 min
May 29, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	36 min
May 29, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	26 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	33 min
May 29, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady, McClain	46 min
May 29, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, McClain	39 min
May 29, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Pontotoc	28 min
May 29, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin	27 min
May 29, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Clay	25 min

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Sources

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