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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Norman, OK

February 22, 2005Kiowa County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2005, 10:59 PM CST for Kiowa 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2005, 10:59 PM CST (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2005, 11:45 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 22, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2005-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 230459
SVROUN
OKC075-230545-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0021.050223T0459Z-050223T0545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1059 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1059 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROOSEVELT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COOPERTON...GOTEBO...MOUNTAIN
  VIEW...NORTHEASTERN TOM STEED RESERVOIR AND ROOSEVELT

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3485 9917 3475 9898 3485 9887 3490 9868
      3512 9862 3512 9906

$$
WR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 9:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman51 min
Feb 22, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa31 min
Feb 22, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton48 min
Feb 22, 10:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka31 min
Feb 22, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Washita49 min
Feb 22, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens26 min
Feb 22, 11:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster20 min
Feb 22, 11:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain44 min
Feb 22, 11:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Dewey42 min
Feb 22, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady39 min
Feb 22, 11:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.