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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Norman, OK

June 11, 2005Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 5:31 AM CDT for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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 11, 2005, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

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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 11, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
355 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...
MCS AND ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SETTING STAGE FOR NEAR-TERM
HEAVY RAIN EVENT. LEAD BOUNDARY FROM NEAR TUL-OUN-LAW-LTS WILL BE
REINFORCED BY SECONDARY BOUNDARY NOW STRETCHING FROM NCENTRAL INTO
SW OK. 850 WINDS S 35-45 KT WITH SPEED CONVERGENCE OVER AREA.
FAVORABLE WARM ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL PERSIST INTO THE
MORNING HOURS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL PAST 2 DAYS IN PARTS OF
CENTRAL OK POSES CONCERN...AS AREA OF FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY SET
UP IN OR NEAR THESE SAME AREAS LATER THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS REDRAWN TO REMOVE NW OK BUT TO ADD CENTRAL/WCENTRAL OK
FOR CURRENT ACTIVITY. WILL EXTEND WATCH UNTIL NOON TO ALLOW MORE
TIME FOR DAY SHIFT TO EVALUATE SITUATION...ALTHOUGH EXPECT OVERALL
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF CONVECTION TO DECREASE ONCE THE LLJ
BEGINS TO WEAKEN LATER THIS MORNING AND THE UPPER TROF MOVES NE.

TODAY WAS TO BE A DAY OF RELATIVE QUIET...IN BETWEEN THE SHORTWAVE
TROF NOW OVER THE AREA AND THE NEXT VIGOROUS TROF NOW DIVING INTO
CA/NV. BUT WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING COMING
INTO PLAY...AND UNCERTAINTIES ON WHERE THE FOCI WILL BE...NEED TO
KEEP MENTION OF PRECIP ALL AREAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER
NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE BURST IS LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH BEST CHANCES
ACROSS W AND ESPECIALLY N OK BASED ON PROJECTED BOUNDARY LOCATIONS
AND INITIAL EFFECTS OF THE APPROACHING WESTERN TROF.

SUNDAY LOOKS DOWNRIGHT FRIGHTENING FROM A SYNOPTIC-SCALE
PERSPECTIVE AS POTENT NEG-TILT TROF PUNCHES OUT INTO KS/OK AREA.
BUT THE DEVIL AGAIN IS IN THE DETAILS...AND THERE ARE A FEW FLIES
IN THE OINTMENT THAT MAY SPARE THE S PLAINS FROM A MAJOR SEVERE WX
OUTBREAK. ONE FLY IS THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE...NOW PROGGED BY THE
ETA TO MOVE INTO THE LOWER/MID MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY. LOW-LEVEL
FLOW AROUND THE REMNANT LOW WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE
ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE NOW OVER THE AREA. BUT BACKING/
WEAKENING OF THE FLOW MAY CUT DOWN ON LOW-LEVEL SHEAR... AND
PERIPHERAL SUBSIDENCE MAY OPPOSE LARGE-SCALE LIFTING AHEAD OF THE
UPPER TROF. NOSE OF IMPRESSIVE 110-KT JET AT 250 MB WILL POKE OUT
INTO W TX LATE IN THE DAY...WITH UPPER-LEVEL W WINDS INCREASING TO
50-60KT OVER LUBBOCK AREA BY 00Z. THIS WOULD FAVOR A DRYLINE BULGE
TOWARD NW/NCENTRAL TX AND SW OK. LINGERING EFFECTS OF OVERNIGHT
AND MORNING CONVECTION WILL BE THE WILD CARDS. IF UNMOLESTED LOW-
LEVEL AIR CAN SURVIVE OVER THE AREA...EXPECT MUCAPES OF 3000-4000
J/KG AND ADEQUATE SHEAR FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. IF NOT...
WIDESPREAD ELEVATED CONVECTION MAY PREVAIL. SITUATION WILL NEED TO
BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

GRADUAL DECREASE IN POPS THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER TROF
PROGRESSES E OF AREA AND COLD FRONT USHERS IN DRIER LL AIR. HAVE
DROPPED TEMPS A BIT FOR WED AND BEYOND...ESPECIALLY MINS. LOW
LEVEL PATTERN INDICATES SOME RISK OF NOCTURNAL NW-FLOW CONVECTION
IN THE WED-FRI TIME FRAME...PER GFS QPF...BUT PROXIMITY OF UPPER
RIDGE NEAR 105W SUPPORTS KEEPING POPS BELOW 20PCT THRESHOLD FOR
NOW. MAY HAVE TO RETHINK THIS IF LATER RUNS CONTINUE TO GENERATE
SWATHS OF PRECIP FROM CO SE-WARD.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  90  70  88  70 /  60  40  40  40
HOBART OK         91  69  90  69 /  50  40  40  40
WICHITA FALLS TX  93  72  94  71 /  40  30  30  30
GAGE OK           87  64  87  64 /  40  50  50  40
PONCA CITY OK     86  70  86  67 /  60  60  60  60
DURANT OK         91  72  92  73 /  30  20  20  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR OKZ006-OKZ007-
OKZ008- OKZ011-OKZ012-OKZ013-OKZ014-OKZ015-OKZ016-OKZ017-OKZ018-
OKZ019-OKZ020-OKZ021-OKZ022-OKZ023-OKZ024-OKZ025-OKZ026- OKZ034-
OKZ035.

TX...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 8:10 PM CDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
810 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN...
WESTERN... CENTRAL... AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK IS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ATOKA TO DURANT.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS EVENING
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

EXPECTED WEATHER AND IMPACTS...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. HEAVY
RAINS COULD ALSO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD PLAN
FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS TONIGHT. PREPARATIONS FOR FLASH FLOOD
MITIGATION SHOULD BE MADE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOR THE
OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
A SHORTWAVE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
PANHANDLES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TODAY REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA. THESE
BOUNDARIES COULD ALSO BECOME A FOCUS TONIGHT FOR FURTHER
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS ACROSS
TEXAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THE SEVERE POTENTIAL HAS DECREASED
ACROSS THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THE MAIN
CONCERN. THE BEST AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF OKLAHOMA...NEAR THE SHORTWAVE.

HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME A CONCERN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER AREAS
THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS...NEAR 5 INCHES
IN SOME LOCATIONS... EARLIER TODAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT
COULD LEAD TO MORE FLASH FLOODING AND AN INCREASE IN RIVER LEVELS
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUN 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH
MONDAY. A LARGE-SCALE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
WILL RESULT IN RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND STRONG INSTABILITY
REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR
PROFILES WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE. THE GREATER CHANCE FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...ESPECIALLY
SUNDAY...BUT COMPLEXES OF STORMS MAY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
DURING THE EARLY MORNINGS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE RISK FOR FLOODING WILL INCREASE WITH ANY
NIGHT TIME COMPLEXES OF STORMS ANYWHERE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SATURDAY...JUNE 11.

MAXWELL/RUFF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1136 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

OKZ012-018-019-110445-
GARFIELD OK-KINGFISHER OK-LOGAN OK-
1136 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARFIELD...KINGFISHER AND
LOGAN COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOVELL AT 1136
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP.

IF THE STORM CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY... HAIL UP TO QUARTER-SIZE IS
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN GARFIELD...KINGFISHER AND LOGAN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

CMS
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
100 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

OKZ019-110615-
LOGAN OK-
100 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOGAN COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAVINA AT 100
AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

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

CMS
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
214 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

OKZ014-021-110730-
BECKHAM OK-ROGER MILLS OK-
214 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM AND ROGER MILLS
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF TEXOLA AT 214 AM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER ROGER MILLS COUNTY... MAINLY SOUTH OF REYDON AND CHEYENNE.

HALF-INCH DIAMETER HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

CMS
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
317 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

OKZ006-007-011-012-015>017-021-022-110845-
ALFALFA OK-BECKHAM OK-BLAINE OK-CUSTER OK-DEWEY OK-GARFIELD OK-
GRANT OK-MAJOR OK-WASHITA OK-
317 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA...BECKHAM...
BLAINE...CUSTER...DEWEY...GARFIELD...GRANT...MAJOR AND WASHITA
COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 8 MILES WEST OF
WAKITA TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARTER AT 317 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
AND NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS
TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

SIX
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNAlfalfa3 hr
Jun 10, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield29 min
Jun 11, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian19 min
Jun 11, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNBeckham3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.