Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2004, 5:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 5, 2004, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOUN 052223 SVROKC OKC047-073-083-103-052315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 522 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA GARFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF ORLANDO TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER INTENSIFYING STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF KINGFISHER * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COVINGTON...LOVELL...LUCIEN... MARSHALL...MULHALL...ORLANDO...PERRY AND SOONER LAKE THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 192. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS CREEKS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL. LAT...LON 3603 9738 3588 9793 3634 9759 3641 9702 $$ 11
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Grant | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper, Woodward | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods, Woodward | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kay, Noble | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan, Noble | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Logan, Noble | 62 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.