Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 388, NWS Norman, OK

August 13, 2002Comanche County, Cotton County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2002, 9:05 PM CDT for Comanche County, Cotton County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2002, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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.

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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 621 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 13.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

148 
WUUS54 KOUN 140205
SVROKC
OKC031-033-140245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
905 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  COTTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GERONIMO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GERONIMO AND WALTERS

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

LAT...LON 3456 9850 3435 9850 3426 9815 3457 9816
ANDRA

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 Aug 13, 8:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 8:25 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
825 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

WIDESPREAD CONVECTION CONTINUES ALONG SFC AND 850MB FRONTS WHICH ARE
LOCATED IN SRN ZONES. IMPRESSIVELY STRONG H5 TROUGH STILL DIGGING ACROSS
THE HIGH PLAINS SO FAVOR AT LEAST CHC POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAY HAVE
TO RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY IF LIFT AHEAD OF TROUGH HELPS PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONVECTION FURTHER NORTH THAN ANTICIPATED BY 12Z AND 18Z
MODELS.

FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES HAS INCREASED MARKEDLY SINCE 12Z.
ENVIRONMENT FAVORS SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IN SE OK WITH TEMPS STILL
IN THE UPPER 80S AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S. WITH LOSS OF
HEATING...EXPECT THREAT TO BE SHORT-LIVED. WATCHING ACTIVITY CLOSELY.

INTRODUCED SOME PATCHY FOG AND DROPPED MINS A CATEGORY IN NORTHERN
ZONES. EVEN THOUGH CURRENT DEW POINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW
60S THERE...LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOG TO DEVELOP WHICH SHOULD DROP
DEW POINTS AND TEMPS NOTICABLY. NOT MANY CHANGES TO REST OF FORECAST.

FCSTID = 13

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341 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ACRS
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OK. OUTFLOW/FNT HAD PUSHED SWD
INTO FAR SRN SECS OF THE FA BY AFTN. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT HAS
OCCURED ALONG AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...MAINLY OVER THE ERN TWO
THIRDS OF THE FA. EXPECT FNT TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE SWD INTO MOIST
UNSTABLE AMS THIS EVENING. EXPECT SUFF LIFT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY AS S/W CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EWD INTO THE PLAINS. BY WED UPR
SYS BEGINS TO LIFT NE OF THE AREA WITH SFC BNDRY WEAKENING. WILL
LEAVE LO POPS IN THE SE FOR RESIDUAL ACTIVITY WITH REMAINDER OF THE
FA DRY. WARMING TREND EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AS LO LVL SLY FLOW
RETURNS. LTL CHANGE TO EXTENDED.

FCSTID =02
OKC   63  86  64  92 /  40  10  10  10
HBR   62  87  66  94 /  20  10  10  10
SPS   66  90  68  96 /  50  10  10  10
GAG   55  86  63  94 /  10  10  10  10
PNC   61  86  65  93 /  40  10  10  10
DUA   66  86  68  93 /  80  20  10  10

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
631 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0625 PM    DEAN                      TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0624 PM    4 W ARCHER CITY           TX   .88 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   ARCHER                         AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

JLP

Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
709 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0705 PM    HENRIETTA                 TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0708 PM    DAVIS                     OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   MURRAY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

JLP

Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
719 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0715 PM    HENRIETTA                 TX   .75 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0715 PM    2 S HENRIETTA             TX   .88 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CLAY                           AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

0634 PM    1 W ARCHER CITY           TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   ARCHER                         AMATEUR RADIO REPORT

JLP

Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
725 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0725 PM    1 NW ARDMORE              OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CARTER                         SPOTTER REPORT

JLP

Local storm report, Aug 13, 7:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
731 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0731 PM    SPRINGER                  OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   CARTER                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

JLP

Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:24 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
824 PM CDT TUE AUG 13 2002

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

0710 PM    DAVIS                     OK   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/13/02   MURRAY                         REPORTED BY EM

0710 PM    6 E DAVIS                 OK   WIND DAMAGE
08/13/02   MURRAY                         TRAILER HOME UNROOFED,
                                          TREES DOWN.  REPORTED BY EM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter	45 min
Aug 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Johnston	49 min
Aug 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka, Johnston	61 min
Aug 13, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Atoka	47 min
Aug 13, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	26 min
Aug 14, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Marshall	22 min
Aug 14, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Bryan, Marshall	45 min
Aug 14, 1:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan	3 hr
Aug 14, 3:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	OUN	Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston	3 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.