Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

May 6, 2001, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Canadian County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS54 KOUN 070208
SVROKC
OKC017-070300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
908 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 908 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  OVER CALUMET...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CALUMET...CONCHO...EL RENO...
  PIEDMONT AND YUKON

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CONCHO AROUND 920 PM CDT
  EL RENO AROUND 930 PM CDT
  YUKON AROUND 945 PM CDT

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER... BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

LAT...LON 3572 9820 3555 9829 3537 9780 3572 9773

WR

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 3:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
OK WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS OF SEVERE STORMS INTO THE EARLY
EVENING AS IT DRIFTS SLOWLY EAST. THE DRYLINE ACROSS WESTERN OK WILL
CATCH UP AND SO WILL THE COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE UPPER TROUGH
WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AS THE
SURFACE FRONT CLEARS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CWA MONDAY. HOWEVER,
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE
SURFACE FRONT TO THIS AREA JUSTIFIES KEEPING IN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND STORMS INTO MONDAY.

SURFACE MOISTURE SHOULD BE SWEPT OUT OF MOST OF OK TONIGHT AND
MONDAY. ABOVE THE SURFACE LAYER, THE MODELS HAVE BEEN FORECASTING
THE MOISTURE TO REMAIN JUST TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF OK. WITH
UPSLOPE FLOW AROUND THE OK SURFACE HIGH ON MONDAY, SOME SHOWERS MAY
DEVELOP JUST WEST OF OUR AREA. FOR NOW, POPS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF
THESE AREAS.

WEDNESDAY REMAINS A PROBLEM FORECAST AS THE FRONT WILL REMAIN NOT
FAR SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER. POPS RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY AS THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE STATE BEFORE
RETURNING AS A COLD FRONT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED NORTHWEST-FLOW WAVE
LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN DAY 6 AND 7 THIS
RUN, THE WEEKEND IS FORECAST DRY.

FCSTID = 9
OKC   55  74  51  76 /  60   0   0   0
HBR   52  72  48  75 /   0   0   0   0
SPS   57  75  56  75 /   0   0   0   0
GAG   45  72  45  74 /   0   0   0   0
PNC   53  74  48  75 /  40   0   0   0

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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