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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 494, NWS Norman, OK

July 2, 2004Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 2, 2004, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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
Jul 2, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 2004-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2004-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
9.0

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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 Jul 2, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 PM CDT FRI JUL  2 2004

.DISCUSSION...
AREA IS CURRENTLY RAIN FREE AND THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IN
EASTERN KANSAS IS DRIFTING EAST GIVING WAY TO DEVELOPING RIDGING TO
THE WEST. BELIEVE MAIN CHANCES OF RAIN TONIGHT WILL REMAIN TO THE
EAST.. BUT THERE IS THE RESIDUAL SURFACE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WEST TO
EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH DECENT CUMULUS ALONG IT. WILL
STILL HAVE A SHOT OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS AREA OR ANY
DEVELOPMENT OVER WEST TEXAS APPROACHING MY TEXAS ZONES THIS
EVENING.. SO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ARE STILL NEEDED. MID LEVEL FLOW OF
35 TO 45 KNOTS AT 500 MB SEEN ON AREA PROFILERS AND MIXED LAYER CAPE
IS AROUND 2000 TO 3000 J/KG SO SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL MONITOR
SATELLITE TRENDS AND MAY INCREASE POPS ALONG THE BOUNDARY THIS
EVENING IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE.

A BRIEF LULL IS EXPECTED IN OUR ALMOST DAILY RAIN SATURDAY AS UPPER
RIDGE STRENGTHENS AND LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WARM TO PRODUCE A CAP
OVER THE AREA.  BUT NEXT SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY BRINGING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AGAIN.
SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE OKLAHOMA-KANSAS STATE LINE SUNDAY.

NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED. KEEP POPS IN THE EXTENDED THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER SURFACE FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA EARLY TO MID
WEEK.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  72  94  72  94 /  20   5  10  10
HOBART OK         72  97  72  97 /  20   5  10  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  99  74  99 /  20   5   5  10
GAGE OK           65  95  68  95 /  10   5   5  10
PONCA CITY OK     68  91  70  93 /  20   5  20  20
DURANT OK         73  93  74  94 /  20   5   5  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
352 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-031200-

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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM STILLWATER... TO
WEATHERFORD... TO ERICK AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME IS FROM 4 PM THROUGH 9 PM.

IMPACTS...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS.

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

DISCUSSION...
A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AS
WELL AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING MAY
BECOME THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY LATE AFTERNOON.
STRONG HEATING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA
ALONG WITH WEAK CONVERGENCE MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TO EXTREME
INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUL 3.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...40 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ISOLATED FLOODING AS RECENT RAINS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND
NEARLY SATURATED ACROSS MANY PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN LIKE WE HAVE
RECENTLY SEEN.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SATURDAY... JULY 3.

MAXWELL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

OKZ028>030-030010-
CLEVELAND OK-MCCLAIN OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-
655 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND...MCCLAIN AND
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF ROSEDALE AT 655 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CLEVELAND...EASTERN MCCLAIN AND SOUTHERN
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

...SPEG.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMcClain, Pottawatomie39 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin40 min
Jul 3, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Jul 3, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo50 min
Jul 3, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Greer, Harmon45 min
Jul 3, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa46 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton41 min
Jul 3, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson37 min
Jul 3, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche62 min
Jul 3, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon44 min
Jul 3, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman46 min
Jul 3, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens39 min
Jul 3, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton39 min
Jul 3, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Garvin51 min
Jul 3, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman27 min
Jul 3, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton50 min
Jul 3, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson56 min
Jul 3, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita47 min
Jul 3, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay49 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.