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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Norman, OK

March 7, 2000Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 5:18 PM CST for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 4 reports 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: Mar 7, 2000, 5:18 PM CST (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 7, 2000, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties

County Wichita County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 7, 5:25 PM CST	Hail 0.88	Electra, TX
Mar 7, 6:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Wichita Falls, TX	The roof of a gas station and electrical equipment inside the store were damaged.
Mar 7, 6:01 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 M	Sheppard Afb, TX
Mar 7, 6:05 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Burkburnett, TX

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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 7, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 3:35 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SEEMS TO BE WELL-COVERED BY THE MANY SPC
DISCUSSIONS ALREADY ISSUED.  ZONES WILL NATURALLY BE WORDED WITH
SEVERE STORM TERMINOLOGY FOR TONIGHT.

AFTER THE SQUALL LINE PASSES THROUGH TONIGHT... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTHWEST AND BEGIN TO INCREASE.  IT APPEARS THAT WINDS TOMORROW
WILL EASILY REACH WIND ADVISORY LEVELS... POSSIBLY EVEN APPROACH
HIGH WIND WARNING SPEEDS IN THE NORTHWEST.  WILL ISSUE A WIND
ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA... AND LEAVE THE
OPTION OF A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT.

TRANQUIL WEATHER FOLLOWS... WITH THE BRIEF EXCEPTION OF FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT... WHEN THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  AT THIS POINT... THAT EVENT LOOKS MUCH LESS POTENT
THAN TONIGHT.

FCSTID = 23 = CMS

OKC   52  70  45  65 /  90   0   0   0
HBR   49  72  42  67 / 100   0   0   0
SPS   52  75  45  72 /  80   0   0   0
GAG   46  68  35  58 / 100  10   0   0
PNC   50  68  42  60 /  90  10  10   0
DUA   53  71  45  73 /  80   0   0   0

.OUN...
OK...WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES ON WEDNESDAY.
TX...WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES ON WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:17 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
417 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0409 PM    8 E LAZARE                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   HARDEMAN                       HAM REPORT

0411 PM    1 W ACME                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00   HARDEMAN                       SEMI OTVERTURNED
                                          HAM REPORT

JS

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:31 PM CST, 47 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
431 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0423 PM    HOPLLIS                    OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   HARMON                         HAM REPORT

TJ

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:38 PM CST, 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
438 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0430 PM    6 NE ELDORADO             OK   WIND DAMAGE
03/07/00   JACKSON                        CAR WINDOW BROKEN
                                          SIGNS DOWN
                                          PUBLIC REPORT

KT            @

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:55 PM CST, 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
455 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0439 PM    DUKE                      OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   JACKSON                        EOC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Mar 7, 4:58 PM CST, 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
458 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0440 PM    3 E REED                  OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   GREER                          PUBLIC REPORT

0450 PM    MANGUM                    OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   GREER                          EOC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Mar 7, 5:05 PM CST, 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
505 PM CST TUE MAR 07 2000

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0440 PM    6 EAST OF ERICK           OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   BECKHAM                        SPOTTER REPORT

TJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 7, 4:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	41 min
Mar 7, 4:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard	44 min
Mar 7, 4:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	40 min
Mar 7, 5:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	50 min
Mar 7, 5:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	58 min
Mar 7, 5:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Clay, Wichita	33 min

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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.