1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 19, 2:30 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 330 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2002 WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ALONG WITH SCATTEREED THUNDERSTORMS CONT ACROSS MUCH OF STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH STRONGER STORMS WILL PROGRESS ON EAST OF AREA WITH SFC FRONT PUSHING INTO SE OK THIS MORNING...UPPER LOW IS STILL TO OUR WEST WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH REMAINING ACROSS AREA. WILL CONT TO SEE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FOR THE BETTER PART OF TODAY. WILL EVEN KEEP SOME LOW POPS FOR TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST AS SYSTEM FINALLY MOVES OFF TOWARD THE NE. SKIES SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR FIRST IN THE SW BY LATE TODAY AND THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF STATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. COOLER WX WILL TAKE UP RESIDENCE FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING ANOTHER...PERHAPS EVEN COOLER AIRMASS...MOVING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA DOWN THE ROAD...BUT HAVE BEEN DIFFERING ON TIMING. THE LATEST RUN AGAIN SHOWS IT MOVING INTO AND ACROSS STATE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN WITH ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT LATE MON INTO TUE. THIS WILL KEEP ANY TYPE OF WARMING TREND AT BAY AS WE START TO SEE THE SIGNS OF TRANSITION INTO FALL. AS FAR AS THE EXTENDED WILL BUMP TEMPS DOWN SLIGHTLY MOST PERIODS. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO REST OF EXTENDED. FCSTID =30 FIRST ITERATION OKC 72 54 77 56 / 70 20 0 0 HBR 69 51 78 56 / 50 10 0 0 SPS 74 54 81 58 / 50 10 0 0 GAG 63 47 78 52 / 60 20 0 0 PNC 69 51 76 56 / 70 30 0 0 DUA 78 56 80 57 / 80 20 0 0 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-192300-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1215 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2002
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN
OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTIES.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER AND
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND
WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE THROUGH THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS STRONG WIND SHEAR... INSTABILITY IS LOW BECAUSE OF
THIS MORNINGS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SO THE RISK OF ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO LIMITED. HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF THE
AREA.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRI SEP 20.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ASIDE FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER DANGER...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
...SPEG.LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
130 AM CDT THU SEP 19 2002
TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 PM OKARCHE OK 60 MPH WIND GUST
09/18/02 KINGFISHER MEASURED BY STORM SPOTTER
FMThe Norman radar (KTLX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree limb fell through the roof of a house, and a tree fell on two vehicles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Oklahoma in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Oklahoma, September 2002
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