Severe thunderstorm warning includes areas of Oklahoma City metro

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1102 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
  SOUTH CENTRAL BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA…
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  CUSTER COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA…
  GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA…
  WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
  DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
  STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOONER LAKE TO 6
  MILES SOUTH OF PUTNAM…MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SURGE OF
  STRONG WINDS EXTENDED AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS…AND WAS FROM
  NEAR STILLWATER…TO KINGFISHER…TO CLINTON.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE…
  OKLAHOMA CITY…EDMOND…MIDWEST CITY…MOORE…DEL CITY…
  EL RENO…WEATHERFORD…CLINTON…STELLA…YUKON…BETHANY…
  CONCHO…MUSTANG…THE VILLAGE…WARR ACRES…CHOCTAW…CUSHING…
  NEWCASTLE…
  HARRAH AND TUTTLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS…
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 157.
INTERSTATE 240 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 16.
INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 191.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 182.

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