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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK

June 9, 2005Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 10:42 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 9, 2005, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kiowa County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 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 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 100342
SVROUN
OKC075-149-100430-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0310.050610T0342Z-050610T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1042 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURNS FLAT TO 9   
  MILES SOUTH OF LONE WOLF...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BESSIE...BURNS FLAT...CANUTE...
  CLOUD CHIEF...COLONY...COOPERTON...CORDELL...CORN...DILL CITY...
  FOSS...GOTEBO...HOBART...LONE WOLF...MOUNTAIN VIEW...ROCKY AND
  SENTINEL

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 54.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS OF 65 MPH ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3545 9930 3484 9928 3487 9872 3544 9863

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills49 min
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon47 min
Jun 9, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis39 min
Jun 9, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey42 min
Jun 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Kiowa, Washita51 min
Jun 9, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster33 min
Jun 9, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon46 min
Jun 9, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson48 min
Jun 9, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer43 min
Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson45 min
Jun 10, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Tillman42 min
Jun 10, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods41 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Woods51 min
Jun 10, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoods23 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa44 min
Jun 10, 4:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNWoods, Woodward3 hr
Jun 10, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
Jun 10, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant50 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.