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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Norman, OK

June 12, 20025 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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
Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringwood, OK	Large tree limbs were downed.
Jun 12, 8:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 51 M	Woodward, OK	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT	Hail 1	Woodward, OK
Jun 12, 8:10 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60 M	Woodward, OK	Wind was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet.
Jun 12, 8:35 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Ames, OK	Flag poles were downed, and an awning was damaged.

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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 12, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

W. Woodward Airport, OK (KWWR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 1759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 130045 RRA
SVROKC
OKC003-045-093-151-153-130145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
743 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ALFALFA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  ELLIS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  MAJOR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  WOODWARD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORMS FROM HELENA...TO FAIRVIEW...TO WOODWARD...TO 10 MILES 
NORTH OF GAGE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE JUST NORTH OF 
WOODWARD...NEAR WAYNOKA...AND JUST NORTHWEST OF RINGWOOD.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALINE...AMES...CARMEN...CLEO
  SPRINGS...FAIRVIEW...FARGO...FORT SUPPLY...GAGE...GOLTRY...
  HELENA...MENO...MOORELAND...ORIENTA...QUINLAN...RINGWOOD...
  SHARON...WAYNOKA AND WOODWARD

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH 
THE MOST INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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 3624 9810 3664 9814 3661 9883 3656 9989
          3626 9978

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 Jun 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

FRONT SLOWLY SLIDING INTO THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. NO CONVECTION
ALONG FRONT YET...BUT CU ON VIS SAT IMAGERY BUILDING ON FRONT.
EXPECT A FAIR AMOUNT OF SVR STORMS WITH HIGH CAPE VALUES AND 20KT+
GROUND-RELATIVE FLOW AT MOST LEVELS. AS STORMS WEAKEN SOME AFTER
MIDNIGHT...MAIN HAZARD WILL SHIFT TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ALONG BAROCLINIC ZONE...ENHANCED BY COLD
POOL FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. MODELS FORECAST STRONG LIFT AND HEAVY
QPF WITH DEEP MOISTURE. LAST WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT SOMEWHAT
OVERFORECAST BY MODELS BUT STILL EXPECT WIDESPREAD 1-3 INCH AMOUNTS
ACROSS NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF CWA BY LATE THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL LAST
NIGHT CONFINED TO FAR NE ZONES BUT FFG VALUES SHOULD BE MET IN OTHER
AREAS AS WELL.

EXPECT LITTLE VARIATION IN TEMPS THURS UNTIL BREAKS IN CLOUDS AND
PRECIP APPEAR. FWC TEMPS ARE VERY WARM IN FAR SRN SECTIONS TOMORROW
... BELIEVE PRECIP AND CLOUDS WILL REACH THERE BEFORE GOING INTO THE
90S.

LATER PERIODS APPEAR QUIET AT FIRST GLANCE BUT BEWARE THE NW FLOW.
LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS BY FRIDAY RETURNING SLY FLOW ACROSS WRN ZONES BY
SAT. COULD SEE MCS DEVELOP SAT NIGHT ACROSS HIGH PLAINS ROLLING INTO
OK AFTER DARK. GOOD WAA PATTERN SUPPORTING THIS OVERNIGHT AND INTO
SUN MORNING ESP ON AVN. GOING POPS LOOK GOOD. TRIMMED THEM BACK TO
SLT CHC FOR SUN NIGHT AND MON AS LATEST AVN PROGS SHOW BETTER
DEFINED S/W MOVING OUT BEFORE THEN. NW FLOW PATTERN PROGRESSES EAST
LATER IN THE WEEK SO KEPT FORECAST DRY. TEMPS SHOULD RETURN STAY
NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

FCSTID = 13

OKC  71 81 62 82 /  60 80 10 10
HBR  71 82 61 83 /  50 60 20 10
SPS  75 87 65 85 /  30 60 30 10
GAG  66 80 57 80 /  80 40 10 10
PNC  67 79 59 80 /  70 70 10 10
DUA  75 87 65 83 /  20 80 30 10

.OKC...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING ZONES
OKZ004>036-OKZ038-OKZ040-OKZ042-OKZ043.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
614 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0603 PM    ALVA                      OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   WOODS                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER

EM

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
639 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0614 PM    13 N MOORELAND            OK   .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   WOODWARD                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC

EM

Local storm report, Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
642 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0642 PM    2 W DACOMA                OK   .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   WOODS                          SPOTTER REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:20 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
720 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0642 PM    FREEDOM                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   WOODS                          PUBLIC REPORT

0710 PM    PONCA CITY                OK   FLOODING
06/12/02   KAY                            EXTENSIVE STREET
                                          FLOODING REPORTED
                                          BY CITY OFFICIAL

KT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
730 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0705 PM    DACOMA                    OK   .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   WOODS                          REPORTED BY DACOMA FD

0729 PM    PONCA CITY                OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   KAY                            REPORTED BY EM

KT

Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
740 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

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

0625 PM    2 S ALVA                  OK   69 MPH WIND GUST
06/12/02   WOODS                          MEASURED BY MESONET

0630 PM    2 S ALVA                  OK   70 MPH WIND GUST
06/12/02   WOODS                          MEASURED BY MESONET

0635 PM    2 S ALVA                  OK   73 MPH WIND GUST
06/12/02   WOODS                          MEASURED BY MESONET

0730 PM    1 E ALINE                 OK   .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02   ALFALFA                        SPOTTER REPORT

0730 PM    1 E ALINE                 OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02   ALFALFA                        SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          6 TO 8 INCH TREE LIMBS
                                          DOWNED

0720 PM    ALINE                     OK   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/02   ALFALFA                        FD REPORTED 4 INCH TREE
                                          LIMBS DOWNED

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay	45 min
Jun 12, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	39 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Kay, Noble	45 min
Jun 12, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	41 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher	33 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	44 min
Jun 12, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	37 min
Jun 12, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major, Woodward	46 min
Jun 12, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	20 min
Jun 12, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble, Payne	43 min
Jun 12, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan	49 min
Jun 12, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Oklahoma	50 min
Jun 12, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	38 min
Jun 12, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	33 min
Jun 12, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Oklahoma	48 min
Jun 12, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Pottawatomie	31 min
Jun 13, 7:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Dewey	3 hr
Jun 13, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Custer	3 hr
Jun 13, 8:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Blaine	3 hr

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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.