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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 434, NWS Norman, OK

June 17, 2004Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2004, 9:48 PM CDT for Ellis County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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 17, 2004, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ellis County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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 17, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:10 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
910 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181200-

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PONCA CITY...TO LAWTON...TO WICHITA
FALLS.

TIMING...
9 PM THROUGH 4 AM.

IMPACTS...
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING EASTWARD FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL
ENCOUNTER GREATER INSTABILITY AND A DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET...AS
THEY MOVE INTO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. DUE TO WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR
OVER THE AREA...THESE STORMS WILL MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS...
WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT...WITH A
SECONDARY CONCERN FOR QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUN 18.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
DUE TO A MOIST ENVIRONMENT...AND SLOW STORM MOTION...THESE STORMS
WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WITH
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A COLD FRONT IS STILL FORECAST TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE TO OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT
AT LEAST A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO SATURDAY...SOME OF WHICH
COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. AGAIN...THE BEST CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS SEVERAL
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE SOONER AND LONE STAR STATES
FROM THE NORTHWEST.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY...JUNE 17.

JAMES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:27 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper35 min
Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods49 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woodward45 min
Jun 17, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods48 min
Jun 17, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoods27 min
Jun 17, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods27 min
Jun 17, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Major46 min
Jun 17, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa33 min
Jun 18, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher43 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa43 min
Jun 18, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove50 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer47 min
Jun 18, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster44 min
Jun 18, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.