Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2004, 8:14 PM CST for Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 27, 2004, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2004, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Alfalfa County, OK
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 27, 3:45 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:45 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 345 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004 MUST BE BRIEF... SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH TORNADO POTENTIAL EXPECTED TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. SQUALL LINE EVOLUTION EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ISALLOBARIC TENDENCIES ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP WINDS NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS NEAR AND AHEAD OF DRYLINE/COLD FRONT. THEREFORE...WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY GOING THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. PERIODIC WEAK FROPAS PROGD THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH SOME RECOVERY EXPECTED OVER MAINLY THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS TOWARD MIDWEEK. COULD SEE RAINY PERIOD LATE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS MOISTURE FLOWS NORTHWARD AND LONG WAVE TROUGH DOMINATES TO OUR SW. FCSTID = 11 OKC 51 67 42 69 / 70 20 00 00 HBR 48 66 41 71 / 30 00 00 00 SPS 55 68 44 73 / 30 10 00 00 GAG 40 66 38 70 / 20 00 00 00 PNC 48 66 40 67 / 90 10 10 00 DUA 60 69 47 71 / 40 40 00 00 .OUN... OK...WIND ADVISORY THRU EVENING ZONES OKZ006-007-011-012-015>019-022>025-027>029-035>038-044. TX...WIND ADVISORY THRU EVENING ZONES TXZ085-086-088>090.
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 1:20 PM CST, 6 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
120 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281300-
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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN AND PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA. A SLIGHT RISK
AREA WILL EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE MODERATE RISK AREA.
LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS
FROM ERICK AND SAYRE...TO GUTHRIE...TO CUSHING. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
COVERS THE REST OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER...WHICH INCLUDES VERY LARGE HAIL
AND TORNADOES...WILL BE FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN
SHIFTING TO DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREAS SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF A
DRYLINE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...PROVIDING ANOTHER FOCUS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. THROUGH THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD ALONG BOTH FEATURES...WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE EXPECTED
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO A SQUALL LINE THIS EVENING AND SPREAD EAST
AND SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SUNDAY MAR 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...100 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS
TO THE SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE BEYOND 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN... CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER THE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE DECREASING. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
...SPEG & 11In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 27, 7:14 PM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
714 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM HAIL 1 ESE CEDARDALE 36.31N 98.98W
03/27/2004 1.50 INCH WOODWARD OK CO-OP OBSERVER
0640 PM HAIL 17 SE WAYNOKA 36.41N 98.66W
03/27/2004 0.88 INCH WOODS OK PUBLIC
&&
JLPLocal storm report, Mar 27, 7:15 PM CST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
715 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM HAIL 5 E MUTUAL 36.23N 99.08W
03/27/2004 0.88 INCH WOODWARD OK PUBLIC
&&
JLPLocal storm report, Mar 27, 7:37 PM CST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
737 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM HAIL 14 SE WAYNOKA 36.44N 98.70W
03/27/2004 1.75 INCH WOODS OK PUBLIC
&&
JLPLocal storm report, Mar 27, 7:38 PM CST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
738 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL 7 N CHESTER 36.32N 98.92W
03/27/2004 0.88 INCH MAJOR OK TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JLPLocal storm report, Mar 27, 7:39 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
739 PM CST SAT MAR 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HAIL 2 SE KINGFISHER 35.84N 97.91W
03/27/2004 0.88 INCH KINGFISHER OK PUBLIC
&&
JLPLocal storm report, Mar 27, 8:11 PM CST, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 6:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Noble | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 46 min |
| Mar 27, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 8:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 18 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.