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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 482, NWS Norman, OK

June 24, 1999Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1999, 9:14 AM CDT for Major County, Woods County, Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1999, 9:14 AM CDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1999, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 9:34 AM CDTHail 0.75Chester, OK

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1999-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3062 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1999-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills38 min
Jun 24, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa43 min
Jun 24, 10:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant59 min
Jun 24, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher55 min
Jun 24, 11:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNGrant, Kay4 hr
Jun 24, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan42 min
Jun 24, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma27 min
Jun 24, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln45 min
Jun 24, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole53 min
Jun 24, 1:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLincoln115 min
Jun 24, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes42 min
Jun 24, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc48 min
Jun 24, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes53 min
Jun 24, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc43 min
Jun 24, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNMurray, Pontotoc3 hr
Jun 24, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray, Stephens50 min
Jun 24, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis53 min
Jun 24, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche45 min
Jun 24, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNComanche3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.