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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Norman, OK

May 13, 2003Bryan County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2003, 9:13 AM CDT for Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2003, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bryan County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 May 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
320 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

WAA PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...WITH A 40-50 KT LLJ.
ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE FA
AS THE LLJ CONTINUES TO ADVECT MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. EXPECT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE LLJ WEAKENS THIS
MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADARS AND MAKE ANY NEEDED LAST
MINUTE CHANGES TO MORNING POPS.

SFC LOW CONTINUES TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING IN SOUTHEASTERN
COLORADO...WITH THE ASSOCIATED DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT IN EASTERN NEW
MEXICO. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE EASTERN TEXAS
PANHANDLE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A SFC LOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN WESTERN TEXAS/EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN OK TODAY...WITH AN
ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE FA. AREAS TO THE EAST OF THE
DRYLINE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...WITH RICH MOISTURE RETURN
CONTINUING TODAY. A WEAK MID TO UPR LVL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER
THE AREA. HOWEVER...ANY BOUNDARIES FROM THE MORNING CONVECTION, THE
DRYLINE, AND WARM FRONT ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AREA
SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. SHEAR AND
INSTABILITY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS TO DEVELOP...WITH A
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS SFC COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE FA.
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN LATE THURS AND CONTINUE THRU SAT AS
UPR LVL SYSTEM APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. DID
NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
OKC   77   65   81   61  / 40   60   50   20
HBR   84   64   84   58  / 40   50   30   20
SPS   85   67   88   63  / 30   50   30   30
GAG   83   61   82   54  / 40   40   20   20
PNC   77   61   79   56  / 40   60   30   20
DUA   81   67   82   64  / 40   60   50   30

FORECAST ID = 25

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 7:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-131700-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK IS GENERALLY EAST OF A BUFFALO OKLAHOMA TO KNOX CITY
TEXAS LINE.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM MID
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA AS A STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO BRING
MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION. INSTABILITY IS SUFFICIENT FOR A
FEW THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE
MAIN THREAT. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AND
MOVE INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER TODAY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE INTO KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A DRY LINE PUSHING
EASTWARD TO NEAR THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA BORDER. A WARM FRONT OVER NORTH
TEXAS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA DURING THE DAY AND MAY BE
REINFORCED BY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE EARLY MORNING
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY
TODAY EAST OF THE DRY LINE WITH DEWPOINTS RISING WELL INTO THE 60S.
AS A RESULT THE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. A CAP IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL
LATE AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY
LINE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT OR
RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. SHEAR PROFILES THIS AFTERNOON ARE
EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WITH LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...WITH STORMS NEAR THE WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY POSING
THE GREATEST TORNADO THREAT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAY 14.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...50 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY.
THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 9:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan, Marshall31 min
May 13, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman29 min
May 13, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.