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.

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