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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Norman, OK

May 20, 2001Coal County, Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2001, 11:38 PM CDT for Coal County, Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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: May 20, 2001, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2001, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Coal County, OK, Hughes County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:53 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 12:05 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Tupelo, OK
May 21, 12:30 AM CDT	Hail 1.5	Tupelo, 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 2068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 13.3

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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 May 20, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:40 PM CDT, 7 hours 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

TSTMS BEGINNING TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS OKLAHOMA IN
AREAS OF WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/CONFLUENCE. MEANWHILE... UPPER
TROUGH OVER WESTERN KANSAS INTO THE TX PNHDL ALSO MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. EXPECT TSTMS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THROUGH THE EVENING. MEANWHILE... STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH
WESTERN KANSAS WILL REACH NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND
MOVE THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY MORNING. ADDITIONAL TSTMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT... ALTHOUGH EXTENT OF COVERAGE A LITTLE
UNCERTAIN. PASSAGE OF THE KANSAS WAVE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA AND
STABILIZATION OF AIRMASS BY CURRENT CONVECTION COULD REDUCE THE
EXTENT OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WILL LEAVE IN 20 TO 30 PCT CHANCE
FOR SHWRS/TSTMS BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY AS A SECONDARY UPPER WAVE
BRUSHES THE AREA. STRONG JET MAX DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
NORTHWEST U.S. WILL DIG OUT A DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY BY EARLY TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS... AND AS RESULT WILL BRING SEVERAL SHOTS OF COOL
AIR TO THE REGION. BELOW NORMAL TEMPS EXPECT MOST AREAS THROUGH MUCH
OF THE WEEK.

FCSTID = 32
OKC   56  64  46  72 /  70  20   0   0
HBR   54  65  44  75 /  50  20   0   0
SPS   59  68  46  76 /  50  20   0   0
GAG   48  62  40  73 /j  50  30   0   0
PNC   52  63  44  71 /  70  30   0   0
DUA   62  68  47  75 /  70  30  10   0

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0547 PM    1 S UNION CITY            OK   .88 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   CANADIAN                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0550 PM    1 S UNION CITY            OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   CANADIAN                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, May 20, 5:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
555 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0515 PM    DUSTIN                    OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   HUGHES                         REPORTED BY DUSTIN
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENT

KT

Local storm report, May 20, 6:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
607 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0555 PM    1 S UNION CITY            OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   CANADIAN                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0600 PM    MINCO                     OK   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   GRADY                          REPORTRED BY COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS OFFICE

0607 PM    3 N MUSTANG               OK   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   CANADIAN                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, May 20, 6:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
628 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0618 PM    4 ENE VANOSS              OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   PONTOTOC                       REPORTED BY COUNTY EOC

0629 PM    POCASSET                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   GRADY                          AMATEU1R RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, May 20, 6:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
639 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0638 PM    BYNG                      OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   PONTOTOC                       REPORTED BY BYNG FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT

KT

Local storm report, May 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
647 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

0643 PM    6 E KONAWA                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   SEMINOLE                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0646 PM    SASAKWA                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01   SEMINOLE                       AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Coal	43 min
May 20, 7:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Atoka	32 min
May 21, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Coal	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.