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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 627, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT for Caddo County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 12, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 Aug 12, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 341 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL KEEP THIS SHORT SINCE WE HAVE ACTIVE WEATHER. WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO DEVELOP A SMALL SCALE SURFACE CIRCULATION OVER NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND HELP WITH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. THE INITIAL STORM IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE ADA AREA AND HAS PRODUCED A HEALTHY OUTFLOW THAT HAS COOLED TEMPS INTO THE 70S AND AN EAST WIND CREATING DECENT CONVERGENCE ON THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT IS HELPING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. ADDITIONAL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE MOVING IN FROM THE HIGH TERRAIN. WARM ADVECTION INCREASES AGAIN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN THE ETA MODEL. HAVE UPPER POPS A LITTLE BIT FOR THIS AND MAY NEED TO INCREASE MORE AS THE SCENARIO DEVELOPS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD BRINGING ANOTHER SHOT OF COOL AIR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 60 83 60 84 / 30 10 10 10 HOBART OK 61 84 61 84 / 30 20 20 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 63 86 63 87 / 30 20 20 20 GAGE OK 55 82 59 80 / 30 20 20 30 PONCA CITY OK 56 80 58 82 / 20 10 10 10 DURANT OK 61 83 62 85 / 30 10 10 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 26
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-131200-
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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS. THE SLIGHT RISK IS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MEDFORD TO STILLWATER... TO COALGATE TO MARIETTA. THIS INCLUDES ALL
OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK IS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MEDFORD TO
STILLWATER... TO COALGATE TO MARIETTA. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 3 PM
THROUGH OVERNIGHT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 3 PM
THROUGH OVERNIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AS A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL
PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. AFTERNOON HEATING
AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG WITH FORCING FROM THE MID
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO AND NEW
MEXICO. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY AUG 13.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...40 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE
AREA EACH DAY...BUT THE CHANCES FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
LOW. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE LATE
SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY.In the hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 528 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004 OKZ021-122245- BECKHAM OK- 528 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAYRE AT 528 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN BECKHAM COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa, Major | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Kiowa | 41 min |
| Aug 12, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche | 49 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.