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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 606, NWS Norman, OK

June 12, 2003Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2003, 5:43 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. 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
Jun 12, 2003, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Archer County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-462 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 Jun 12, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OKLAHOMA
256 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED THIS MORNING CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF
TO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH ASSOCIATED CLOUDS QUICKLY DIMINISHING ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. A DRYLINE WAS FROM LUBBOCK EASTWARD TO NEAR
CHILDRESS THEN SOUTHWARD TO SWEETWATER TO WEST OF SAN ANGELO...WITH
A SFC LOW OVER LUBBOCK. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS. THE VERY UNSTABLE AIR HAS BEGUN TO MOVE BACK NORTH AHEAD OF
THE DRYLINE BRINGING 70 DEWPTS INTO TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST OK ZONES.
THE 18Z SOUNDING SHOWS A CAP IN PLACE OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER WITH
THE AFTN HEATING AND DRYLINE THINK THIS WILL BE BROKEN. EXPECT
CONVECTION TO INITIATE ALONG AND AHEAD OF DRYLINE AND THEN MOVE INTO
FA. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP INTO A CLUSTER/S OF
STORMS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
TONIGHT/EARLY MORNING AS STORMS DEVELOP IN THE HIGH PLAINS DUE TO
UPSLOPE FLOW AND EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA. HEAVY RAINS COULD
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS AGAIN THIS AFTN/TONIGHT...BUT DUE TO
UNCERTAINTY OF AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED WILL HOLD OFF ON
ISSUING FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND LET LATER SHIFTS MONITOR UNLESS THINGS
CHANGE BEFORE ISSUANCE TIME.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AFTN
THRU OVERNIGHT AS AN UPR LVL LOW APPROACHES THE CENTRAL U.S. A COLD
FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THRU THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS UPR LVL
PATTERN MAKES A SHIFT TO NORTHWEST FLOW. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DID NOT MAKE
ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO EXTENDED PERIODS.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
OKC   65   88   68   85  / 60   40   50   30
HBR   64   92   68   87  / 60   40   50   30
SPS   65   93   69   89  / 60   40   50   30
GAG   63   87   63   85  / 50   40   40   30
PNC   65   85   66   84  / 60   40   40   30
DUA   67   89   70   86  / 60   40   50   30

FORECAST ID = 25

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 11:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-131200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1153 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...AND A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATIONS...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ERICK...TO
LAWTON...TO RYAN. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE REST OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 5 PM
THROUGH OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY GOLFBALL SIZE
OR LARGER...WHICH COULD DAMAGE VEGETATION...AUTOMOBILES...AND OTHER
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A DRYLINE DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO A CHILDRESS...TO ABILINE LINE BY
LATE AFTERNOON. MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...WEAKENING THE CAPPING
INVERSION...WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ALONG THE DRYLINE
BY LATE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL NOT BE THAT
STRONG...EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED LATE TODAY...NORTH
OF THE DRYLINE...FROM THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...NORTHWARD INTO
COLORADO.

DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS...WHICH SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUN 12.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAIN REMAINS A GOOD BET WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL AND WET
GROUND...THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR RAPID RUNOFF AND ASSOCIATED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...AND A SLIGHT RISK DURING THIS PERIOD ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES AREAWIDE
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE
AREAWIDE EACH DAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
RECENT RAINFALL...ALONG WITH PROSPECTS FOR ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD
RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND POSSIBLY
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN A FLOOD POTENTIAL
OUTLOOK ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY.

NOTE...FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK CAN BE FOUND UNDER PRODUCT ID
OKCESFOKC.
JAMES

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita63 min
Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman61 min
Jun 11, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Kiowa61 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson51 min
Jun 11, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche59 min
Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian45 min
Jun 11, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman55 min
Jun 11, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine39 min
Jun 11, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNKiowa3 hr
Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa44 min
Jun 11, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady58 min
Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens65 min
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian, Kingfisher45 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche44 min
Jun 11, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo43 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma61 min
Jun 11, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma60 min
Jun 11, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin, Murray63 min
Jun 11, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady30 min
Jun 11, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan42 min
Jun 11, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Pottawatomie60 min
Jun 11, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, Murray, Pontotoc39 min
Jun 11, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole39 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc62 min
Jun 11, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln45 min
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox59 min
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Wilbarger59 min
Jun 12, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger47 min
Jun 12, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor20 min
Jun 12, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher43 min
Jun 12, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay36 min
Jun 12, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher37 min
Jun 12, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.