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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 552, NWS Norman, OK

September 7, 2001Lincoln County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2001, 7:23 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2001, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lincoln County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Sep 7, 7:23 PM CDT	Hail 1	Oklahoma City, OK	Hail was reported near the intersection of Southwest 24th and Portland.
Sep 7, 7:33 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Oklahoma City, OK	Hail was reported near the intersection of 134th and Western.
Sep 7, 7:34 PM CDT	Hail 0.88	Oklahoma City, OK	Hail was reported near the intersection of 134th and Pennsylvania.
Sep 7, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Shamrock, OK
Sep 7, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Shamrock, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 7, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Sep 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 3154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 17.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

698 
WUUS54 KOUN 080024
SVROKC
OKC081-109-080130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
723 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRYON TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AGRA...ARCADIA...AVERY...CARNEY...
  CHANDLER...CHOCTAW...DEL CITY...HARRAH...JONES...KENDRICK...
  LUTHER...MIDWEST CITY...NICOMA PARK...OKLAHOMA CITY...SPENCER...
  TINKER AIR FORCE BASE...TRYON...WARWICK AND WELLSTON

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH 
ARE LIKELY WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

TAKE SHELTER FROM THE STORM IN A STURDY BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA
LAKES SHOULD RETURN TO SHORE. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER ISOLATED
TREES AS THESE ARE TARGETS FOR LIGHTNING. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS AND
FLOODING ROADWAYS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WEAK...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES ALONG ITS
LEADING EDGE. WIND SPEEDS WITH ANY TORNADO ARE NOT LIKELY TO GREATLY
EXCEED THOSE OF THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF THE THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3595 9705 3540 9766 3540 9711 3595 9650

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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 Sep 7, 3:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

THE FESTIVITIES ARE BEGINNING ALREADY WITH ECHOES DEVELOPING ALONG
THE FRONT IN SOUTHERN KANSAS AND TOWERING CU VISIBLE OUT THE
WINDOW.  18Z SOUNDING SHOWED GOOD CAPPING WITH 22C AT 850 MB.  SO
THE QUESTION IS HOW FAR SOUTH WILL THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.
CONVECTION IS A GOOD BET IN THE NORTH WITH THE WAVE APPROACHING AND
ITS ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL COOLING.  CHANCES ARE A BIT MORE IFFY IN
THE SOUTHWEST AND THEREFORE WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS THERE.  WITH
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE WESTERN OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE... CHANCE POPS ARE ALSO STILL NEEDED IN THE POST-FRONTAL
NORTHWEST ZONES.  WILL MENTION SEVERE IN THE ZONES AHEAD OF THE
FRONT.

THERE ARE PLUS AND MINUSES FOR RAIN CHANCES TOMORROW.  THERE MAY BE
SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE MORNING... BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE
AREA WILL BE BETWEEN UPPER SYSTEMS AND SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF
TONIGHTS WAVE WILL ALLOW A RESPITE.  HOWEVER IT APPEARS THAT THE
FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE AREA AND THERE MAY BE EXTRA CONVECTIVE
BOUNDARIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.  SO AM CONCERNED THAT
BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED REDEVELOPMENT TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.

THE MODELS ARE STRONGER WITH THE SECONDARY WAVE THAT WILL APPROACH
THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT... AND AGREE WITH MID SHIFT ASSESSMENT THAT
PRECIP CHANCES WILL EXTEND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT UNTIL THE SECOND WAVE
MOVES OUT OF THE AREA.  FARTHER DOWN THE LINE... NO CHANGES WILL BE
MADE TO THE EXTENDED.

...SPEG.
OKC   65  84  60  74 /  60  30  40  40
HBR   62  83  58  74 /  50  30  40  40
SPS   66  89  62  77 /  40  30  50  40
GAG   54  75  52  70 /  40  30  40  30
PNC   63  80  58  73 /  80  30  40  40
DUA   69  87  67  77 /  60  40  60  40

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
628 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0600 PM    6 NW KAW CITY             OK   61 MPH WIND GUST
09/07/01   KAY                            MEASURED BY OKLAHOMA
                                          MESONET

KT

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:33 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
633 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0622 PM    KAW CITY                  OK   .75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   KAY                            REPORTED BY KAW CITY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGER

KT

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
639 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0638 PM    GUTHRIE                   OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   LOGAN                          AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Sep 7, 6:48 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
648 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0555 PM    CALUMET                   OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   CANADIAN                       SHERIFF OFFICE

0646 PM    2 S PIEDMONT              OK   0.88 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   CANADIAN                       SPOTTER

0605 PM    6 NW KAW CITY             OK   61 MPH WIND GUST
09/07/01   KAY                            MEASURE BY MESONET

JF

Local storm report, Sep 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0650 PM    1 N COYLE                 OK   .88 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   LOGAN                          ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS
                                          ALSO REPORTED. SPOTTER
                                          REPORT

0650 PM    11 W PERKINS              OK   .88 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   PAYNE                          ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS
                                          ALSO REPORTED. SPOTTER
                                          REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Sep 7, 7:13 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
713 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001

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

0707 PM    MUSTANG                   OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   CANADIAN                       REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC

0704 PM    5 S GUTHRIE               OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   LOGAN                          AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER

0710 PM    OKLAHOMA CITY             OK   0.75 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   OKLAHOMA                       AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER

0717 PM    CHICKASHA                 OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
09/07/01   GRADY                          AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER

JF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	41 min
Sep 7, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	63 min
Sep 7, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	47 min
Sep 7, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	39 min
Sep 7, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, McClain	34 min
Sep 7, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln	30 min
Sep 7, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Stephens	48 min
Sep 7, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie, Seminole	61 min
Sep 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	McClain	30 min
Sep 7, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jefferson	32 min
Sep 7, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc	55 min
Sep 7, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	47 min
Sep 7, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Jefferson, Love	50 min
Sep 7, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Seminole	31 min
Sep 7, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Murray, Pontotoc	50 min
Sep 7, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Love	50 min
Sep 7, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Coal	44 min
Sep 7, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	51 min
Sep 8, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	46 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.