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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 2003Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 11:32 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 9, 2003, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kiowa County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3314 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
3314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
15.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 100432
SVROKC
OKC075-149-100515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1131 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA
  SOUTHERN WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1131 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  CENTERED 11 MILES WEST OF LONE WOLF...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
  STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS EXTEND AHEAD OF THE STORM AND MAY 
  APPROACH 50 MPH WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GOTEBO...HOBART...LONE WOLF...
  ROCKY...ROOSEVELT AND SENTINEL

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITHIN THE STORM.

LAT...LON 3517 9937 3488 9932 3482 9891 3514 9885
          3529 9898

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon46 min
Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon49 min
Jun 10, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady51 min
Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher37 min
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa48 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita37 min
Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher35 min
Jun 10, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Washita46 min
Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan37 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa47 min
Jun 10, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian29 min
Jun 10, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo44 min
Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Noble, Payne48 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.