Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Apr 26, 2000, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

County Ellis County, 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.

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 270435
SVROKC
OKC045-270515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1134 PM CDT WED APR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1134 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
  MILES WEST OF SHATTUCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARNETT AND SHATTUCK

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY...WIND GUSTS TO 60 
MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

$$ 
 MILLER

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 26, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
930 PM CDT WED APR 26 2000

ALREADY SENT ONE UPDATE TO TWEEK WINDS TO A MORE SERLY DIRECTION
ACROSS MOST FO THE SRN ZONES..AND MAY NEED TO DO THE SAME FOR THE
REST OF THE ZONES SHORTLY.  OTW..NOT A WHOLE LOT TO UPDATE AS OF
YET. DESPITE CAPES AOA 2000K AND FAVORABLE SHEAR..STORMS HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME THE CAP AS OF YET.  LATEST OBJECTIVE ANLYS
FIELDS INDICATE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS RELATIVELY WEAK AND LFC
HEIGHTS ARE NEARING 3000 METERS..WHICH MAY EXPLAIN IN PART THE LACK
OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SO FAR. ALSO RATHER STRONG 700 WAA IN THIS
AREA..WHICH MAY BE ACTING TO STRENGTHEN THE CAP AS WELL.

HOWEVER..WE ARE VERY RELUCTANT TO LOWER POPS ANYWHERE AT THIS TIME
B/C SFC FRONT IS NOW JUST BEGINNING TO IMPINGE UPON THE AREA WHERE
THE BEST ENVIRONMENT IS FOR INTITATION..NAMELY FAR SWRN KS/THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES/EXTRM WRN OK.  WE ARE BASICALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH SPC
SWOMCD #607 IN THINKING THAT THE LLJ AND WAA INTENSIFIES THRU THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING THAT STORMS SHUD BE ABLE TO BREACH THE CAP
ALONG THE FRONT.  WILL ALSO NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON CONVECTION NOW
REGENERATING EAST OF KAMA AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE FAR SWRN ZONES.
 MILLER

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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