Short-term forecast, from the National Weather Service, Norman, Important, Please monitor your Weather Radio tonight
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1030 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-010500-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-
JEFFERSON-CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-
FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1030 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
.NOW…
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
THIS EVENING OVER PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ONE AREA OF SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FROM AROUND ENID AND MEDFORD EASTWARD TO AROUND
PONCA CITY AND PERRY. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION…FLOODING RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY
OVER PARTS OF KAY AND GRANT COUNTIES.
ANOTHER AREA OF SEVERE STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
AND INTO PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AT 1030 PM…THE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANADARKO TO CROWELL TEXAS AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AFFECTING AREAS FROM VERNON AND SEYMOUR TEXAS
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH ALTUS…LAWTON AND DUNCAN OKLAHOMA. HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
IN ADDITIONS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.
Severe thunderstorm warning for Craig County
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1046 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
OKC035-010430-
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CRAIG OK-
1046 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
…SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN CRAIG COUNTY…
AT 1043 PM CDT…SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HOLLOW TO HOLLOW…MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE…
QUARTER SIZE HAIL…
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH…
THIS STORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM…YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER…PREFERABLY INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa counties
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1038 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
OKC055-057-065-075-TXC197-487-010415-
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HARMON OK-GREER OK-KIOWA OK-JACKSON OK-HARDEMAN TX-WILBARGER TX-
1038 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM
CDT FOR HARMON…GREER…WEST CENTRAL KIOWA…JACKSON…EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILBARGER COUNTIES…
AT 1036 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLLIS TO 7
MILES NORTH OF GOODLETT…MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER LINE OF
SEVERE STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES WEST OF MANGUM TO 4 MILES
EAST OF MCQUEEN.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALTUS…MANGUM…HOLLIS…GRANITE…BLAIR…OLUSTEE…ELDORADO…
LONE WOLF…DUKE…GOULD…MARTHA…ELMER…FRIENDSHIP…WARREN…
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE…VINSON…HESTER…ALTUS-LUGERT LAKE…MADGE
AND MCKNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO WARNING. GET
TO A STORM SHELTER OR STURDY BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPROACHES.
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble counties
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1036 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
EAST CENTRAL GARFIELD COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
KAY COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
NOBLE COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1032 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRAMAN TO 8 MILES
SOUTH OF BILLINGS TO GARBER…MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
PONCA CITY…BLACKWELL…PERRY…TONKAWA…NEWKIRK…GARBER…
COVINGTON…BILLINGS…KAW CITY…RED ROCK…MARLAND…BRAMAN…
KILDARE…NARDIN…LUCIEN…SOONER LAKE…CHILOCCO…HARDY…
KAW LAKE AND HAYWARD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 235.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Severe thunderstorm warning
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1033 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
CADDO COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
COMANCHE COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
COTTON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
GRADY COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
KIOWA COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
STEPHENS COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TILLMAN COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WASHITA COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1027 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT COBB
RESERVOIR TO BOONE TO TOM STEED RESERVOIR…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
LAWTON…DUNCAN…CHICKASHA…ANADARKO…MARLOW…CACHE…
CARNEGIE…APACHE…RUSH SPRINGS…ELGIN…CYRIL…BRAY…
FLETCHER…NINNEKAH…GERONIMO…STERLING…EMPIRE CITY…
FORT COBB…
VERDEN AND ALEX.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 81.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1000 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011100-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
1000 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TONIGHT…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION…
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND THE
PART OF OKLAHOMA NORTHWEST OF A COLAGATE TO MADILL LINE.
TIMING…
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THROUGH
ABOUT 3 AM.
IMPACTS…
VERY LARGE HAIL… LARGER THAN BASEBALLS…DAMAGING WINDS GREATER
THAN 65 MPH… AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN…
ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD TO HALF OF OKLAHOMA.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS…
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DISCUSSION…
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ONE CLUSTER OF STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH
ANOTHER MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE AND THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT. HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE…ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BEGIN
TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MAY 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR…70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING… ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OCCURRED ON SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER AFTER SUNRISE ON TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA… ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
OTHERWISE… THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN VERY LOW THROUGH SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
NONE.
Tornado Warning Greer, Harmon, Jackson Counties – take shelter
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1020 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HARMON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GREER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1018 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GOULD…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DUKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
GET IN…GET DOWN AND COVER UP. TAKE COVER NOW IN A STORM SHELTER
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND
WINDOWS.
THE TORNADO WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE DARK. DO NOT
WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW.
Tornado Warning for Harmon, Greer, Jackson Counties – Take Shelter
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1020 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL HARMON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GREER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1018 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GOULD…MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
DUKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
GET IN…GET DOWN AND COVER UP. TAKE COVER NOW IN A STORM SHELTER
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND
WINDOWS.
THE TORNADO WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE DARK. DO NOT
WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW.
Kay County Tornado Warning
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1018 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN KAY COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1013 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NARDIN…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
BLACKWELL AND TONKAWA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 222.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
GET IN…GET DOWN AND COVER UP. TAKE COVER NOW IN A STORM SHELTER
OR AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND
WINDOWS.
Severe thunderstorm warning for Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1015 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
GREER COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HARDEMAN COUNTY IN TEXAS…
HARMON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
JACKSON COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
WEST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA…
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WILBARGER COUNTY IN TEXAS…
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1013 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES WEST OF MANGUM TO GOULD…MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
ALTUS…MANGUM…HOLLIS…GRANITE…BLAIR…OLUSTEE…ELDORADO…
LONE WOLF…DUKE…GOULD…MARTHA…ELMER…FRIENDSHIP…WARREN…
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE…VINSON…HESTER…ALTUS-LUGERT LAKE…
MADGE AND MCKNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO WARNING. GET
TO A STORM SHELTER OR STURDY BUILDING IF A TORNADO APPROACHES.
