2 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 7, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 300 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002 WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ONCE AGAIN ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...MAIN FOCUS PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS ZONES. MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TODAY...WHERE RADAR PRECIP ESTIMATES WERE 2 TO 4 INCHES. THIS YIELDED NO REPORTS OF SIG WATER PROBLEMS. WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED SOUTH AND WEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...AM NOT PLANNING TO ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH. EVENING SHIFT WILL MONITOR CLOSELY. A FEW OF THE SHORT TERM MODELS TRY TO LATCH ONTO A WEAK EASTERLY WAVE ACROSS MS/LA...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS MOVING WWD ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON. AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE...CONVECTION IS PROGD TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND MONDAY ON UPSTREAM-SIDES OF THESE FEATURES. BASED ON RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS...WITH UNCAPPED AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ETA/M-ETA MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING. WILL WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE TO ADD POPS ACROSS CENTRAL-SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ZONES FOR LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. TREND OF BUILDING WESTERN RIDGE AND EASTERN TROUGH CONTINUES TO SUPPORT CURRENT EXTENDED FORECAST...WITH AOB TEMPS AND A CHANCE OF PRECIP BEGINNING AROUND MID-WEEK. POPS WILL BE RIDING PRIMARILY ON A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS A FOCUS MID-LATE WEEK. AVN GRADUALLY WANTS TO BUILD WESTER RIDGE OVER AREA...WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR HIGHER/CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGY TEMPERATURE READINGS NEXT WEEKEND. FCSTID = 11 PRELIMINARY CCF NUMBERS... OKC 72 91 72 93 / 10 10 0 0 HBR 70 92 71 94 / 40 30 0 0 SPS 73 92 73 94 / 40 30 0 0 GAG 67 91 68 93 / 30 30 0 0 PNC 72 93 72 94 / 10 10 0 0 DUA 74 93 74 93 / 10 10 0 0 .OUN... OK...NONE. TX...NONE.
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
This funnel cloud was observed by the Megargel Fire Department from Archer County and was described as very thin and extending very close to the ground.
This funnel cloud was observed by the Megargel Fire Department and was described as very thin and extending very close to the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5303699, 5303760.