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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 627, NWS Norman, OK

August 12, 2004Caddo County, Oklahoma

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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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 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.

&&

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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, Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods45 min
Aug 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods31 min
Aug 12, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major38 min
Aug 12, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine37 min
Aug 12, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor34 min
Aug 12, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine48 min
Aug 12, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa41 min
Aug 12, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche49 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.