Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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
$$
CMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Kingfisher | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Washita | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Washita | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Logan | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Noble, Payne | 48 min |
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.