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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

May 24, 2004Caddo County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 30 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
May 24, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Caddo County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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
May 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2380 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

907 
WUUS54 KOUN 250045
SVROKC
OKC015-250115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
745 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRACEMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COGAR...GRACEMONT AND LAKE
  CHICKASHA

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY... WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE 
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 3537 9834 3506 9835 3506 9810 3536 9811

$$
 MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo44 min
May 24, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman35 min
May 24, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
May 24, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche58 min
May 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady52 min
May 24, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher37 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNTillman47 min
May 24, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton38 min
May 24, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham37 min
May 24, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman31 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton48 min
May 24, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita41 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham42 min
May 24, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Jefferson, Stephens52 min
May 24, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster48 min
May 24, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens32 min
May 24, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita45 min
May 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo41 min
May 24, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo46 min
May 24, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady44 min
May 25, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma46 min
May 25, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma27 min
May 25, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.