Severe thunderstorm warning in central Oklahoma

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1148 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  GARVIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…
  GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1144 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
  DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STILLWATER TO EL RENO…MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS EXTENDED UP TO 25 MILES AHEAD OF
  THE STORMS…AND WERE AFFECTING THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
  OKLAHOMA CITY…NORMAN…EDMOND…MIDWEST CITY…MOORE…SHAWNEE…
  DEL CITY…EL RENO…CHICKASHA…STELLA…YUKON…BETHANY…
  CONCHO…MUSTANG…THE VILLAGE…WARR ACRES…CHOCTAW…CUSHING…
  SEMINOLE AND TECUMSEH.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 155.
INTERSTATE 240 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 213.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 182.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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