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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Norman, OK

July 1, 20054 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2005, 4:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 1, 2005, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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
Jul 1, 2:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1264 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 30, 9:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
915 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

.DISCUSSION...
WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW SURFACE BOUNDARY AS IT MOVES SOUTH INTO
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATER TONIGHT. 00Z ETA STILL ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP
PRECIP ALONG AND NORTH OF BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA
AFTER MIDNIGHT..PROBABLY IN RESPONSE TO LLJ. WILL KEEP SOME LOW POPS
ACROSS THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS SFC BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE AREA
AND DELAY HIGHER POPS UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS
TIME. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY.

30

-----------------------------------------------------
309 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.
HOWEVER... OF MORE CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT... AND AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT. THESE COMPLEXES... ASSUMING
THEY FORM AS PLANNED... WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE NORTHEAST HALF OF
OUR FORECAST AREA.

THE UPPER RIDGE AND MID/UPPER-LEVEL WARMING WILL RETURN SUNDAY AND
SHOULD CLAMP OFF PRECIPITATION UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO SUMMERLIKE VALUES... EVEN ACROSS
OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES... ALTHOUGH THE EXPECTED WET GROUND WILL
SLOW THE WARMUP A BIT.

ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO BE VERY DEFINITE ABOUT IT... MEDIUM-
RANGE MODELS DO SUGGEST A CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  92  69  91 /  50  30  40  30
HOBART OK         72  93  70  93 /  40  20  30  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  98  72  95 /  20  30  20  20
GAGE OK           67  90  66  93 /  60  20  40  20
PONCA CITY OK     68  89  67  90 /  70  20  30  30
DURANT OK         73  97  72  91 /  20  40  40  30

&&

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

21/23
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 12:00 PM CDT, 16 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1200 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011200-

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN...
CENTRAL AND ALL OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... PRIMARILY FROM MID TO LATE
EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM MANGUM... TO
LAWTON... TO PAULS VALLEY... TO COALGATE.

EXPECTED WEATHER AND IMPACTS...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WINDS UP TO 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS.  THE TORNADO RISK IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY LOW... BUT NON-ZERO.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
TWO-THIRDS OF OKLAHOMA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO CONDUCT SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS BEGINNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON... BUT MORE LIKELY FROM
THE LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE...
NORTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTHWARD THROUGH TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM
UTAH TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT.  THE AIRMASS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE FRONT WILL BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE BY THIS EVENING WITH CAPE
VALUES UP TO 3000... WITH SUFFICIENT DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR IN PLACE
TO SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EITHER LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING NEAR THE FRONT FROM FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS... WITH STORMS THEN ORGANIZING INTO A LARGE
COMPLEX AND MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS AND WINDS UP TO 70 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO
EVOLVE INTO MAINLY WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SUPERCELLS APPEARS TO BE WITHIN THE FIRST 3
HOURS OR SO AFTER INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO RISK IS EXPECTED TO BE SMALL... A
STORM OR TWO MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITHIN THE FIRST
SEVERAL HOURS OF STORM EVOLUTION.  THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THIS TO
OCCUR WOULD BE OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA... NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST
AND NORTHEAST OF A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE FRONT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...NEAR 100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH STORMS OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE WEAKENING FRONTAL ZONE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... BEFORE LIFTING BACK
NORTHWARD INTO KANSAS ON SUNDAY.  THUS... CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS...
INCLUDING SOME SEVERE... WILL BE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.  AFTER A BREAK IN RAIN CHANCES
EARLY NEXT WEEK... CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE BY
WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVE SOUTHWARD... ACCOMPANIED BY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... MOST LIKELY OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
FRIDAY JULY 1.

 MILLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
217 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

OKZ004-005-009-010-010745-
ELLIS OK-HARPER OK-WOODS OK-WOODWARD OK-
217 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS AND
WOODWARD COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 23 MILES
NORTH OF ROSSTON TO 61 MILES WEST OF CATESBY...OR NEAR PERRYTON
TEXAS AT 217 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL
BEGIN TO MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST HARPER COUNTY BY 245 AM. THESE
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

PEOPLE IN ELLIS...HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MAXWELL
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper40 min
Jul 1, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward47 min
Jul 1, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey30 min
Jul 1, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woods, Woodward50 min
Jul 1, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey34 min
Jul 1, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita47 min
Jul 1, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian45 min
Jul 1, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie26 min
Jul 1, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc30 min
Jul 1, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Johnston31 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.