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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 2005Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 4, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Archer County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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
Jun 4, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
348 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WX OUTBREAK APPEARS ABOUT TO UNFOLD. DRYLINE
MOVING/MIXING E ACROSS W OK WITH INCREASING CONVERGENCE AS WINDS
BEHIND DRYLINE HAVE VEERED TO NEARLY DUE W IN SOME AREAS WHILE
WINDS OVER CENTRAL OK REMAIN S AND OCCASIONALLY SSE. CONVERGENCE
ZONE LINES UP WITH AXIS OF MAX SBCAPE RANGING FROM 4500 J/KG NEAR
KS BORDER TO OVER 6000 S OF KSPS. 18Z OUN SOUNDING SHOWS CAP
WEAKENING...BUT WILL STILL TAKE SOME HEATING AND CONVERGENCE/LIFT
TO BREAK IT. TWO MESOSCALE AREAS OF CONCERN FOR ENHANCED SEVERE
POTENTIAL BY 22-00Z...ONE NEAR AND DOWNSTREAM FROM SFC LOW/TRIPLE
POINT NEAR KS/OK BORDER...AND POSSIBLY NC TX AND SW OK NE TOWARD
CENTRAL OK WHERE DRYLINE APPEARS TO BE PUNCHING INTO HIGHER CAPE
ENVIRONMENT. TORNADO POTENTIAL APPEARS HIGHEST UP N WHERE MID
LEVEL DYNAMICS AND 0-6KM SHEAR WILL BE STRONGEST AHEAD OF
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROF...AND CHANCES ARE BETTER OF LOW LEVEL
WINDS BACKING AND LOW- LEVEL SHEAR INCREASING. OTHERWISE...EXTREME
CAPE AND 30KT OR SO OF MEAN LAYER SHEAR SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH
GIANT HAIL. ANY STORMS THAT REMAIN ISOLATED...MOVE OUT AHEAD OF
DRYLINE INTO DEEPER MOISTURE...AND CAN MAINTAIN BACKED LOW-LEVEL
WINDS AHEAD OF IT...WILL HAVE ATTENDANT POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES.
TORNADO THREAT MAY INCREASE FOR A WHILE AFTER SUNSET AS SFC WINDS
BACK SLIGHTLY AND LLJ BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN.

NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING W ACROSS OK AND N TX PANHANDLES
WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY A REINFORCING SURGE OF COOL AIR NOW MOVING SE
ACROSS E CO AND W KS. AS DRY LINE HALTS ACROSS W AND NCENTRAL OK
THIS EVENING...COLD FRONT WILL OVERTAKE IT. MAY WELL SEE A LINE OF
STORMS BUILD DOWN THE FRONT AS IT ZIPS TOGETHER WITH THE DRYLINE.

CONVECTIVE REMNANTS MAY LINGER INTO SUN MORNING OVER S PARTS OF
AREA. SFC FRONT EXPECTED TO STALL AND WEAKEN ACROSS AREA...BUT
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY BE AROUND AND SO WILL THE VERY MOIST
AIR MASS NOW OVER THE AREA. BEST CHANCES FOR REDEVELOPMENT ON SUN
LOOK TO BE ACROSS E AND S PARTS OF AREA.

ONLY SMALL CHANGES TO DAYS 3-7. SFC FRONT MAY DRIFT INTO AREA AROUND
MIDWEEK TO SLIGHTLY INCREASE THE RAIN-TSTORM CHANCES. OTHERWISE...
DRYLINE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN W OF AREA. WEAKER MID LEVEL
FLOW AND LACK OF SFC BOUNDARIES WILL LIMIT STORM CHANCES FOR THE
MOST PART. HOWEVER...THINGS LOOK DECIDEDLY MORE INTERESTING NEXT
WEEKEND AS UNSEASONABLY STRONG TROF DEVELOPS OUT W. WE MAY WELL HAVE
A STRONG CAP TO OVERCOME...BUT STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT SUGGESTS
INCREASING CHANCES OF STRONG/SEVERE T-STORMS AT LEAST ALONG DRYLINE
INTO W PARTS OF CWA.

TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST ARE BASED MAINLY ON PERSISTENCE
AND MOS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  69  85  69  90 /  60  30  40  20
HOBART OK         66  86  69  91 /  30  20  30  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  70  88  70  92 /  50  30  40  20
GAGE OK           57  85  67  91 /   0  10  20  20
PONCA CITY OK     66  85  67  90 /  60  20  30  20
DURANT OK         72  91  71  90 /  40  30  30  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

24/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-051200-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH
TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS BOUNDED BY A LINE GENERALLY FROM WAKITA TO
LAWTON TO ARDMORE AND MUSKOGEE. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES THE
REMAINDER OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS...EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEDOM
TO ALTUS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME IS FROM 3 PM TO 6 AM.

IMPACTS...
STORMS THAT DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 75 MPH WINDS. IF STORMS CAN
PERSIST AFTER DARK...TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MODERATE RISK
AREA.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD
REMAIN PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 3 PM THROUGH
OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A DRYLINE WILL MOVE NEAR THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA BY
MID AFTERNOON...WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG IT SUFFICIENT FOR ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. EXTREME INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE
WITH SUFFICIENT VERTICAL WIND SHEAR TO ALLOW ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED TORNADOES...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO
75 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS
THE COLD FRONT CATCHES UP WITH THE DRYLINE...AND THE LOW LEVEL JET
STRENGTHENS. TORNADO POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE DURING THE
EVENING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA...WHERE SHEAR WILL
BE GREATEST. STORMS WOULD THEN PROGRESS EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY MERGING INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS...WHILE
INFLUENCING THE REMAINDER OF THE RISK AREAS.

THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA COULD BE UPGRADED TO
HIGH RISK LATER TODAY.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY JUN 5.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...60 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...MAINLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ELK CITY...TO PERRY...FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING...WHERE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LIE DURING THE
TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING.

AFTER SUNDAY...A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EVERY DAY
THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK...AS WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS PREVAIL.
WITH AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA...A CAPPING INVERSION AND
REDUCED WIND SHEAR WILL MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SUNDAY.

05

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:42 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
456 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

OKZ025-027>029-042215-
CLEVELAND OK-GRADY OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
456 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND...GRADY...MCCLAIN
AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES.

A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWCASTLE AT
456 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF AMBER AT 456
PM...AND IT WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF THIS STORM
MAINTAINS IT INTENSITY AND MOVEMENT...WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR
SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND...GRADY...MCCLAIN AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MOORE...NORMAN AND THE OKLAHOMA
CITY METRO AREA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SMITH
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
502 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             PUMPKIN CENTER          34.60N 98.21W
06/04/2005  0.88 INCH        COMANCHE           OK   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DW
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:10 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
510 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

TXZ085-042230-
WILBARGER TX-
510 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WILBARGER COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOCKETT AT
510 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM IS LIKELY
PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS SO PERSONS IN WILBARGER
COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WARNINGS AND SEVERE WEATHER.

PEOPLE IN WILBARGER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF VERNON...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SIX
Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
520 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     HAIL             2 E TUTTLE              35.29N 97.78W
06/04/2005  1.00 INCH        GRADY              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

0515 PM     HAIL             1 S TUTTLE              35.28N 97.82W
06/04/2005  1.00 INCH        GRADY              OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON HWY 92

&&

DW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay45 min
Jun 3, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay47 min
Jun 3, 11:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNKay43 min
Jun 4, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay45 min
Jun 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady52 min
Jun 4, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton43 min
Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCotton35 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens26 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady, Oklahoma50 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche31 min
Jun 4, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Stephens51 min
Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain62 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche24 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma47 min
Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady40 min
Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNStephens24 min
Jun 4, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman38 min
Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche, Stephens32 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan46 min
Jun 4, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton22 min
Jun 4, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble42 min
Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNGrady, Stephens49 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne44 min
Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian43 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche49 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan46 min
Jun 4, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox41 min
Jun 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger42 min
Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWichita49 min
Jun 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox48 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger48 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.