602  
WWUS84 KOUN 052306  
SPSOUN  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK  
606 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026  
 
OKZ043-048-052330-  
COAL OK-ATOKA OK-  
606 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN COAL AND  
CENTRAL ATOKA COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...  
 
AT 606 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF WARDVILLE TO NEAR STRINGTOWN.  
MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ATOKA, STRINGTOWN, ATOKA RESERVOIR, AND CHOCKIE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE ATOKA, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR  
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES  
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE  
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT  
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3459 9612 3439 9615 3439 9599 3459 9593  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 073DEG 7KT 3454 9599 3444 9604  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH  
 
 
 
JT  
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