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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Norman, OK

April 10, 2005Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2005, 7:52 PM CDT for Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Apr 10, 2005, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Cleveland County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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
Apr 10, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2005-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 991 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 2005-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.1

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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 Apr 10, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
223 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...
DRYLINE HAS PUSHED INTO WESTERN TWO TIER OF COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON
AND VISIBLE IMAGES INDICATE STORMS ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND JUST WEST OF METROPLEX. EXPECT AS HEATING
CONTINUES THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH
SEVERE STORMS LIKELY. STILL APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL
WILL BE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

EXPECT MOST OF THE STORMS TO BE EAST OF THE FA BY LATE EVENING
WITH LOW CLOUDS WRAPPING BACK INTO NORTHWEST PARTS OF FA.  WILL MAINTAIN
SLIGHT/CHANCE POPS MAINLY NORTH OF I-40 ON MONDAY AS UPPER LOW LIFTS
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS.

AS UPPER LOW WOBBLES SLOWLY EAST OF AREA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...
SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN PLAINS.  EXPECT
DRY WEATHER UNTIL LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS NEXT SYSTEM DEVELOPS
TO THE WEST. BEST MOISTURE RETURN INITIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE
ACROSS HIGH PLAINS/WESTERN SECTIONS OF FA. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT
POPS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  53  69  43  69 /  40  20  10  10
HOBART OK         46  67  41  73 /  10  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  50  73  44  75 /  10  10   0   0
GAGE OK           44  61  37  70 /  20  20   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     52  67  43  67 /  60  20  10  10
DURANT OK         57  73  49  72 /  60  10  10   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR OKZ009-OKZ014-OKZ015-
     OKZ016-OKZ017-OKZ021-OKZ022-OKZ023-OKZ024-OKZ027-OKZ033-
     OKZ034-OKZ035-OKZ036-OKZ037-OKZ038-OKZ039-OKZ044-OKZ045.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY FOR TXZ083-TXZ084-TXZ085-
     TXZ086-TXZ087-TXZ088-TXZ089-TXZ090.

&&

06
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
315 PM CDT SUN APR 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...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM ARCHER CITY TEXAS...TO
LAWTON...TO WEATHERFORD...TO BUFFALO.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT.

EXPECTED WEATHER AND IMPACTS...
THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A
FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE
WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.

PEOPLE INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SLIGHT
RISK AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY.

DISCUSSION...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST. AT MID AFTERNOON THE DRYLINE EXTENDED
FROM A SURFACE LOW IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...THROUGH FAR WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND INTO WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE DRY LINE WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY
CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM ALONG THE
DRYLINE...AND MOST LIKELY WILL EVOLVE QUICKLY INTO A SQUALL LINE.
THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING...AND INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA LATER
TONIGHT.

SINCE THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP QUICKLY INTO A SQUALL
LINE... THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE
TORNADO THREAT WILL BE LIMITED BY UNFAVORABLE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
AND SOMEWHAT DEFICIENT MOISTURE...WHICH WILL HELP TO LIMIT
INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR A TORNADO IN ANY
ISOLATED STORMS EARLY IN THE EVENT...OR IN SUPERCELL STORMS EMBEDDED
WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE.

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

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

WITH STRONG WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES BEHIND THE DRY
LINE...SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE CENTER OF THE UPPER
LEVEL LOW.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEYOND MONDAY... IS FROM THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
ON MONDAY...APRIL 11.

24/SMITH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
601 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

OKZ050-051-102330-
LOVE OK-MARSHALL OK-
601 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOVE AND MARSHALL COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARIETTA AT
601 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS ON AND NEAR
LAKE TEXOMA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:43 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
743 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

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

0741 PM     HAIL             NORMAN                  35.22N 97.44W
04/10/2005  0.75 INCH        CLEVELAND          OK   PUBLIC

            LINDSEY AND ASP STREET

&&

TY/JS/JLP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall41 min
Apr 10, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain52 min
Apr 10, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan47 min
Apr 10, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka50 min
Apr 10, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNOklahoma30 min
Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka48 min
Apr 10, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln32 min
Apr 10, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNLincoln34 min
Apr 11, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal41 min
Apr 11, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes38 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.