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Severe thunderstorm warning for Grant and Kay counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
852 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC053-071-290315-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120229T0315Z/
GRANT OK-KAY OK-
852 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR KAY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES…

AT 852 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHILOCCO…TO
BLACKWELL…TO 7 MILES WEST OF TONKAWA…MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL…BRAMAN…CHILOCCO…
  HARDY…KAW CITY…KAW LAKE…KILDARE…LAMONT…NARDIN…
  NEWKIRK…PECKHAM…PONCA CITY AND TONKAWA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 230.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER… BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.


Mother and father in law report they have lost electricity near Kremlin, north of Enid


Severe thunderstorm warning Grant, Kay counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
830 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC053-071-290315-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120229T0315Z/
GRANT OK-KAY OK-
830 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CST
FOR KAY AND EASTERN GRANT COUNTIES…

AT 830 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRAMAN
TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF POND CREEK…MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS…
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACKWELL LAKE…BLACKWELL…
  BRAMAN…CHILOCCO…DEER CREEK…HARDY…KAW CITY…KAW LAKE…
  KILDARE…LAMONT…NARDIN…NEWKIRK…PECKHAM…PONCA CITY…POND
  CREEK AND TONKAWA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 235.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER… BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.


Short-term forecast, from the National Weather Service, Norman

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
831 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKZ004>048050>052-TXZ083>090-290330-
ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR- MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
831 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH 930 PM…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…FROM WAKITA AND MEDFORD OVER
TOWARD BLACKWELL AND PONCA CITY. ALTHOUGH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS
WILL BE TO THE EAST…ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD
FARTHER SOUTH TO NEAR ENID…GUTHRIE…STILLWATER…AND CHANDLER.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AND A
BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. STAY TUNED TO A WEATHER SOURCE
FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

THE STRONG WINDS ACROSS FAR WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH 930 PM. BY THEN…MOST OF THE WIND GUST
PEAKS SHOULD STAY NEAR OR BELOW 40 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
STILL BEING REPORTED…SO BE AWARE OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES IF YOU
ARE TRAVELING ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.


Tornado watch in areas of eastern Oklahoma including Tulsa, from the National Weather Service, Tulsa

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
811 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC035-037-091-097-101-105-107-111-113-117-131-143-145-147-290700-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.A.0041.120229T0211Z-120229T0700Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 41 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

MUSKOGEE              OKFUSKEE             

IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

CRAIG                 CREEK                 MAYES               
NOWATA                OKMULGEE              OSAGE               
PAWNEE                ROGERS                TULSA               
WAGONER               WASHINGTON           

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

MCINTOSH             

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…BARTLESVILLE…BRISTOW…
CLAREMORE…EUFAULA…MUSKOGEE…NOWATA…OKEMAH…OKMULGEE…
PAWHUSKA…PAWNEE…PRYOR…TULSA…VINITA AND WAGONER.


Tornado watch Lincoln, Logan, Payne, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
810 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC047-053-071-081-083-103-119-290700-
/O.NEW.KOUN.TO.A.0041.120229T0210Z-120229T0700Z/

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 41 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

LINCOLN               LOGAN                 PAYNE               

IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

GARFIELD              GRANT                 KAY                 
NOBLE                

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…CHANDLER…ENID…GUTHRIE…
MEDFORD…PERRY…PONCA CITY AND STILLWATER.


Severe thunderstorm warning Alfalfa, Grant counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
802 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

OKC003-053-290215-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120229T0215Z/
GRANT OK-ALFALFA OK-
802 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALFALFA AND WESTERN GRANT COUNTIES…

AT 801 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAKITA…TO
WAKITA…TO JET…TO HELENA…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GOLTRY…GREAT SALT PLAINS LAKE…
  HELENA…JET…NASH AND WAKITA.


Near Cherokee, Okla. thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph at 7:45 pm, reported to the National Weather Service, Norman


Severe thunderstorm warning Alfalfa and Grant counties, from the National Weather Service, Norman

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
744 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  WESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA…
  ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 743 PM CST…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MANCHESTER…TO NEAR
  CHEROKEE…TO LAMBERT…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE…
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BYRON…CHEROKEE…GOLTRY…GREAT
  SALT PLAINS LAKE…HELENA…INGERSOLL…JET…LAMBERT…
  MANCHESTER…NASH…WAKITA AND WALDRON.


Short-term forcecast, from the National Weather Service, Norman

ALFALFA-ARCHER-ATOKA-BAYLOR-BECKHAM-BLAINE-BRYAN-CADDO-CANADIAN-
CARTER-CLAY-CLEVELAND-COAL-COMANCHE-COTTON-CUSTER-DEWEY-ELLIS-FOARD-
GARFIELD-GARVIN-GRADY-GRANT-GREER-HARDEMAN-HARMON-HARPER-HUGHES-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSTON-KAY-KINGFISHER-KIOWA-KNOX-LINCOLN-LOGAN-
LOVE-MAJOR- MARSHALL-MCCLAIN-MURRAY-NOBLE-OKLAHOMA-PAYNE-PONTOTOC-
POTTAWATOMIE-ROGER MILLS-SEMINOLE-STEPHENS-TILLMAN-WASHITA-WICHITA-
WILBARGER-
724 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

.REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION…
THROUGH 8 PM…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA…AROUND ALVA AND CHEROKEE. ALTHOUGH
THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TO THE EAST…THEY WILL TRY TO
BUILD SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW THE STORMS TO POSSIBLY AFFECT AREAS
TOWARD FAIRVIEW AND ENID…AS WELL AS WAKITA AND MEDFORD. DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IF THE STORMS
BECOME SEVERE…BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

THE VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS FAR WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH 8 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRYLINE. THESE STRONG
WIND GUSTS MAY EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE-40 NEAR SAYRE AND
ELK CITY. BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES IN THE AREAS OF STRONG
WIND…SO BE PREPARED IF YOU ARE TRAVELING.