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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
313 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CUSTER COUNTY...

AT 313 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG CIRCULATION ABOUT 7
MILES WEST OF CUSTER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS IN
THE AREA REPORTED TWO AND ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL 5 MILES EAST
OF BUTLER AT 310 PM.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANYTIME. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE... MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER.
OTHERWISE... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

These storms also have tennis ball sized and baseball sized hail in them as well. Very damaging hail with these supercells and a funnel cloud was sighted recently in western Oklahoma in Butler County.

There has been a report earlier of a multi vortex tornado north of Vici, Oklahoma as indicated by storm spotters.

Jim

TORNADO WARNING
OKC039-043-272200-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
332 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004

...TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CUSTER AND DEWEY COUNTIES...

AT 332 PM CST...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO FORMING 4 MILES
NORTH OF CUSTER CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

TAKE COVER NOW. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF POSSIBLE...MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER. OTHERWISE MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR
HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OUTSIDE
WALLS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT... THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS
DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER.

Western Central Oklahoma has just had a Tornado Watch re-issued until 11pm. A few discrete cells in west OKlahoma, with the more widespread (but weaker) stuff up north.