NWS Norman OKSV.W 0493May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Foard, Hardeman and Knox, TX
The National Weather Service office in Norman issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Foard, Hardeman and Knox in Texas, which was in force until 8:45 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 493rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Norman issued in 2026. Texas had 690 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 688 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Texas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Norman OK
- Area
- Foard, Hardeman and Knox
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:57 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOUN SV.W 0493
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
SVROUN The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Foard County in northern Texas... Northwestern Knox County in northern Texas... Southwestern Hardeman County in northern Texas... * Until 845 PM CDT. * At 757 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles east of Swearingen to 13 miles west of Crowell to 6 miles southeast of Grow, moving northeast at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Copper Breaks State Park.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 20082,144 a year
- Every warning type in Texas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels