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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 607, NWS Norman, OK

September 30, 2005Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2005, 9:38 PM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 52 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
Sep 30, 2005, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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
Sep 30, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2005-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 325 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 2005-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 010238
SVROUN
OKC017-073-010330-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0607.051001T0238Z-051001T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
938 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF OKARCHE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL RENO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CASHION...CONCHO...DOVER...EL
  RENO...HENNESSEY...KINGFISHER...LOYAL...NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
  CITY...OKARCHE...PIEDMONT AND YUKON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 136.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS IS LIKELY.

LAT...LON 3602 9815 3535 9811 3552 9765 3620 9768

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita43 min
Sep 30, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita52 min
Sep 30, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa44 min
Sep 30, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo47 min
Sep 30, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa51 min
Sep 30, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita45 min
Sep 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher40 min
Sep 30, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche24 min
Sep 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo45 min
Sep 30, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills45 min
Sep 30, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNComanche29 min
Sep 30, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady44 min
Sep 30, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Roger Mills44 min
Sep 30, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, McClain22 min
Oct 1, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa37 min
Oct 1, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo50 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.