1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 30, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 225 PM CST FRI MAR 30 2001 SURFACE HEATING COMBINED WITH WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSE HAS RESULTED IN DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS...WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE OR TWO NOTED...ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HEATING CEASES...AND WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH IT SHORTLY BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE. OTHERWISE...PACIFIC COLD FRONT STILL ON TRACK TO ENTER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY SATURDAY MORNING. PREFER THE ETAS SLIGHTLY FASTER TIMING WITH THIS FEATURE...WHICH INDICATES FROPA TO OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN BORDER COUNTIES SHORTLY BEFORE 12Z. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG NORTHERN STREAM WAVE PASSES NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...THUS POPS WILL REMAIN ON THE LOW SIDE ACROSS THE AREA. LI/SHOWALTER PROGS...AND SWODY2 INDICATE THUNDER IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS ALONG FRONT. CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL EXTEND INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...WHILE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA SHOULD SEE SUN BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. AFTER GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING MORNING ON SUNDAY...RAPID WARMUP COMMENCES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH FULL SUN AND RETURN FLOW SETTING UP IN RESPONSE TO LEE TROUGHING. WARMING TREND CONTINUES INTO MODAY. AFTER THAT...THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE GOING FORECAST WILL BE TIMING FOR THE ONSET OF PRECIP DURING MIDWEEK. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE (SURPRISINGLY) IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE SPRING-LIKE PATTERN...WITH LONGWAVE TROUGH BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF IN THE SOUTHWEST. ONLY CHANGES TO EXTENDED WILL BE TO SLOW TIMING OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG SOUTHWESTERN WAVE UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK...AS MRF CONTINUES TO SLOW THE PROGRESS OF THIS FEATURE. COLD FRONT STILL ADVERTISED TO AFFECT THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT MRF NOW TRYING TO STALL IT ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA BEFORE RETURNING IT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON THURSDAY. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY...AS MRF INDICATES THIS WILL BE THE MAIN SHOW. HOWEVER...WOULDNT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LATER RUNS OF THE MODEL CONTINUE TO SLOW TIMING OF SOUTHWESTERN WAVE. LANE PRELIM NUMBERS... OKC 45 57 34 64 / 20 30 0 0 HBR 43 57 32 68 / 30 20 0 0 SPS 47 61 36 67 / 20 30 0 0 GAG 39 55 28 68 / 30 20 0 0 PNC 44 57 32 64 / 30 20 0 0 DUA 47 62 36 65 / 10 30 0 0 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-302200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 100 PM CST FRI MAR 30 2001 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. HOWEVER... THE RISK OF ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE APPEARS TO BE VERY LOW. CJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a building at the StoneBrook Apartments on Britton Road, igniting a fire which heavily damaged 2 units and caused minor damage to several others.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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