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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Norman, OK

March 31, 20264 counties in Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2026, 9:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 31, 2026, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2026, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baylor County, TX, Foard County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 31, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 31, 5:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 5:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:11 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:14 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 9:32 PM CDT, 4 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
Mar 31, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Jackson	29 min
Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa	45 min
Mar 31, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	49 min
Mar 31, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	46 min
Mar 31, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Tillman	29 min
Apr 1, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	34 min
Apr 1, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey	39 min
Apr 1, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major	37 min
Apr 1, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	30 min
Apr 1, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	52 min
Apr 1, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble	47 min
Apr 1, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	46 min
Apr 1, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble	45 min
Apr 1, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more	42 min
Apr 1, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	42 min
Apr 1, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham	23 min
Apr 1, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Washita	48 min
Apr 1, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	43 min
Apr 1, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Greer, Roger Mills, Washita	29 min
Apr 1, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more	38 min
Apr 1, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Logan, Noble, Payne	48 min
Apr 1, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	16 min
Mar 31, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	50 min
Mar 31, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	43 min
Mar 31, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Knox	52 min
Mar 31, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Knox	38 min
Apr 1, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.