Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 8:50 AM CDT for Kay County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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 9, 2005, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2005, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 3224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 Jun 9, 4:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 423 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE WESTERN EDGE OF MCS DEVELOPMENT HAS MOVED LITTLE TONIGHT CURRENTLY NEAR GREAT BAND AND PRATT KANSAS SUGGESTING A BALANCE HAS BEEN REACHED AMONG INFLOW/OUTFLOW/STRENGTH OF CAP. FARTHER EAST... WHERE THE CAP IS MUCH WEAKER...CONVECTION HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. MODELS UNFORTUNATELY OFFER ONLY LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL THE NEXT 12 HOURS AS SIGNIFICANT MODEL SHORTCOMINGS AND POOR DATA INITIALIZATION DOMINATE THEIR FORECASTS. THE NAM MAINTAINS A CONSIDERABLY MORE WARM/MOIST LOWER ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE 12-00Z THAN THE OTHER MODELS RESULTING IN BIG CAPES/LOW CIN WHICH WOULD EXPLAIN ITS PERSISTENCE ON THE MCS CONTINUING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO A STRONGER CAP. RUC SOUNDINGS MODIFIED FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS WOULD INDICATE THE MCS HAS ONLY A SLIM CHANCE OF DOING THIS. RATHER...CONTINUED SOUTHWARD PROGRESS WHERE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS HAD ALREADY OCCURRED SEEMS THE MOST PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO AT THIS TIME. WILL THEREFORE FORECAST THE HIGHEST POPS TODAY EAST OF A LINE FROM MEDFORD TO GUTHRIE AND HOLDENVILLE WITH THE GUST FRONT MAKING IT PERHAPS AS FAR SOUTH AS THE RED RIVER BEFORE WEAKENING LATE IN THE DAY. OTHERWISE INFLUENCE FROM THE MCS WILL RESULT IN LOWER TEMPS/EASTERLY FLOW FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. ISOLATED STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA ARE ORIGINATING IN THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS NEAR A WEAK 700 MB TROUGH. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO DIMINISH BY MID MORNING. LATE DAY/OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL RELY MOSTLY ON IF AND HOW MANY STORMS CAN DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE IN THE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLES AND ALONG THE RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. WITH ONLY MINIMAL CONVERGENCE EXPECTED ALONG BOTH BOUNDARIES POPS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT. THE DRYLINE AND FRONT WILL REMAIN FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR POSSIBLE CONVECTION LATE FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH THE MODELS CONTINUING TO SHOW THE BEST CHANCES FRIDAY/SUNDAY AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH INFLUENCE THE AREA. HIGHEST CHANCES REMAIN IN THE WEST AND NORTH WHERE INFLUENCE FROM THE TROUGHS WILL BE MOST FELT. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 90 72 93 70 / 40 20 20 30 HOBART OK 96 71 94 68 / 30 30 30 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 96 72 94 70 / 20 20 30 30 GAGE OK 92 69 91 65 / 30 30 40 50 PONCA CITY OK 85 71 90 70 / 80 20 20 40 DURANT OK 91 72 92 71 / 40 20 20 20 .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. JAMES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
655 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-091700-
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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALVA... TO GUTHRIE... TO SHAWNEE... TO ARDMORE... TO ARCHER CITY
TEXAS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THIS
MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
AREA. BY THIS AFTERNOON... THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME STATIONARY AND ORIENTED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR ARNETT... TO
NORMAN... TO ATOKA. WHILE THIS FEATURE WILL BE WEAKENING DURING THE
AFTERNOON... IT MAY STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL LIFT
TO GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
NEGATIVE FACTOR FOR MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
SOUTHWEST OF THE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO BE THE PRESENCE OF A
MODERATELY STRONG CAPPING INVERSION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AT
THIS TIME... QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY REMAINS CONCERNING THE EXACT
LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF THE BOUNDARY FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
ELSEWHERE... A DRYLINE... LOCATED IN FAR WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING...
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON. IF THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS
SUFFICIENTLY STRONG ALONG THE DRYLINE... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON... WITH A FEW OF THESE STORMS
POSSIBLY MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS
TOWARDS EVENING.
DUE TO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...
SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD
PRODUCE HAIL TO NEAR 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUN 10.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...80 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON
FRIDAY... MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 35... IN RESPONSE TO THE
STRENGTHENING OF THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE. MEANWHILE THE AIRMASS
ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE. THERE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT
TUESDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.
CJSIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 404 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 OKZ021-090915- BECKHAM OK- 404 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTER AT 404 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. CJS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:46 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 846 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 OKZ008-013-091400- KAY OK-NOBLE OK- 846 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR KAY AND NOBLE COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF RED ROCK AT 846 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN KAY AND NOBLE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 30
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 9:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Payne | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 11:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Canadian | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Custer, Dewey | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey, Woodward | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Dewey | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Dewey | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woodward | 34 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.