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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 615, NWS Norman, OK

October 1, 2005Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2005, 1:27 AM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
Oct 1, 2005, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2005, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Archer County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1039 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
1039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Sep 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
836 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005

.UPDATE...
UPR LOW OVR PANHANDLES WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST OVRNITE. STORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED NEAR LOW IN NW OK SO HAVE INCREASED POPS IN THIS AREA.
LLJ DEVELOPING WILL AID IN ADDITIONAL SHWR/TSTMS OVERNITE SPREADING
EASTWARD ACROSS FA. OVERALL...REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY GRIDS TO SHOW CURRENT TRENDS. WILL SEND
UPDATE SHORTLY.

MAXWELL
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 214 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005)

DISCUSSION...
UPPER LOW CONT TO TRACK EAST ACROSS E NM INTO W TX THIS AFTN. HAVE
ALREADY SEEN SOME ELEVATED SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY AND EXPECT THIS
TO CONT... WITH STORMS EVENTUALLY BECOMING SFC BASED BY LATE THIS
AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. MODELS CONT TO SHOW CONSISTENCY IN
DEVELOPING STORM COMPLEX ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST AND THEN SPREADING IT
NE OVERNIGHT. THINK MODELS ARE OVERDOING PRECIP AMOUNTS...BUT COULD
STILL SEE A SWATH OF 1 TO 1 1/2 FROM SW INTO C OK TONIGHT. LARGER
AREA OF PRECIP SHOULD PUSH INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF OK BY SAT
AFTN... BUT AS UPPER LOW BEGINS TO MOVE MORE NE THAN E TOMORROW
ENOUGH FORCING WILL REMAIN IN AREA THAT WE COULD SEE SOME
REDEVELOPMENT BACK TOWARD CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OK SAT AFTN. WILL KEEP
SOME LOWER POPS GOING INTO SAT NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS.

THINGS DRY OUT AND WARM UP FOR SECOND HALF OF WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK BEFORE ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH THROUGH THE PLAINS
BY MID WEEK. LATEST RUNS SLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE DOWN A FEW HOURS AND WILL
MAKE CHANGES BASED ON THIS SLOWER PROGRESSION. WILL KEEP SOME PRECIP
CHANCES INTO WED NIGHT WITH A NICE COOL DOWN BEGINNING ON WED ACROSS
THE NORTH AND CONT ON THU/FRI. TEMP FORECAST FOR WED COULD BE
ANOTHER DAY LIKE THIS LAST WED... WHEN WE SAW 100 DEGREE TEMPS ALONG
THE RED RIVER AND TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 60S IN THE NW... IF STRONG
LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE DEVELOPS SOUTH OF SFC FRONT.

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 7:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
736 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-011300-

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 WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATIONS...
THE SEVERE RISK AREA COVERS LOCATIONS NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
35.

TIMING...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE LIKELY. HOWEVER...
ISOLATED INTENSE SUPERCELLS COULD PRODUCE LARGER HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
TENNIS BALLS.

DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL
CONTINUE TO INDUCE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS ON THE MARGINAL SIDE...DEEP LAYER
WIND SHEAR IS VERY STRONG...AND THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE STRONG
STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION...A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND
ENHANCE LIFT OVER THE REGION. STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED
TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A LARGE COMPLEX AND MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH
OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY OCT 1.
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...
NONE.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY MORNING... MOVING MOSTLY EAST OF THE AREA BY
SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER STRONG
COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED
AT 7 AM SATURDAY...OCTOBER 1ST.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1156 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005

OKZ016-017-010515-
BLAINE OK-CUSTER OK-
1156 PM CDT FRI SEP 30 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WATONGA TO WEATHERFORD AT 1156 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
WEATHERFORD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher52 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
Sep 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard40 min
Sep 30, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHardeman31 min
Sep 30, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox52 min
Sep 30, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor23 min
Sep 30, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWilbarger69 min
Sep 30, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor45 min
Sep 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher79 min
Sep 30, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor48 min
Sep 30, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher48 min
Sep 30, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay65 min
Oct 1, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Clay46 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.