Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman Counties

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1201 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  WESTERN COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  TILLMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1157 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF  
BLAIR TO TIPTON TO FARGO TO NEAR VERNON AND 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
GILLILAND.  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WITHIN THIS LINE WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM FRIENDSHIP TO TIPTON
TO FREDRICK.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS…
DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH…

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CACHE…CHATTANOOGA…DAVIDSON…
  DEVOL…ELECTRA…EXTREME NORTHERN LAKE KEMP…FARGO…FAXON…FORT
  SILL…FREDERICK…FRIENDSHIP…GRANDFIELD…GRAYBACK…HARROLD…
  HAYNESVILLE…HEADRICK…HESS…HOLLISTER…HUMPHREYS…
  INDIAHOMA…LAKE LAWTONKA…LAWTON…LOCKETT…LOVELAND…
  MANITOU…MEDICINE PARK…MEERS…MOUNTAIN PARK…OKLAUNION…
  RAYLAND…SNYDER…THALIA…TIPTON…TOM STEED RESERVOIR…
  VERNON…WARREN AND WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN OKLAHOMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND
51.

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