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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 528, NWS Norman, OK

August 26, 2005Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT for Custer County, Dewey County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 26, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2005-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1425 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 12:00Z on 2005-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 26, 4:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 4:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 7:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
700 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271200-

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 NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM GAGE... TO CANTON
LAKE... TO STROUD.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 4 PM TO
10 PM THIS EVENING.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PLAINS HAVE PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY... WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY
SOUTH THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN
KANSAS BEFORE STALLING OUT LATER THIS MORNING. A FEW SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS
NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING... HOWEVER THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
TO DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING AS THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS.

THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ACT
AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE MID
AFTERNOON HOURS FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA THEN PUSH
SOUTH ACROSS OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR
ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FOR SOME OF
THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE... PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY AUG 27.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...40 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RECENT PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN HAVE RESULTED IN WET SOIL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IF
MORE RAIN OCCURS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

OTHERWISE...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA
TODAY... WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES IN MANY
AREAS.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES THEN DIMINISH TO A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON SUNDAY... WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE AREA BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S...
WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS.

THE NEXT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON TODAY.

30

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

OKZ014-262045-
ROGER MILLS OK-
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ROGER MILLS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE AT
334 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 50 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN ROGER MILLS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

JAMES
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
342 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

OKZ015-262100-
DEWEY OK-
342 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LEEDEY AT 342 PM CDT...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. 50 MPH WINDS ARE LIKELY.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN DEWEY COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

JAMES
Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:52 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:02 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:16 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills24 min
Aug 26, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey30 min
Aug 26, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey, Roger Mills41 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.