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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Norman, OK

April 25, 2005Carter County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2005, 6:50 PM CDT for Carter 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
Apr 25, 2005, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carter County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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 25, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 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 Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
256 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

.DISCUSSION...
COLD MID LEVEL CIRCULATION MAKING ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING... ALONG WITH SFC COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING DRY LINE WILL
MAKE FOR SOME INTERESTING WEATHER THIS EVENING. EXPECT MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER COOL SFC
HIGH SETTLING SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS.

BREEZY AND COOL START TO THE DAY ON TUESDAY WITH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPS ONCE AGAIN. GRADUAL WARMING TREND EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA... WITH EXCEPTION BEING AREAS NORTH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...
WHICH WILL BE WAFFLING ACROSS AREA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE
WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. WILL KEEP LOW POPS ACROSS THE NORTH
BEGINNING WED NIGHT THROUGH END OF THE WEEK NEAR AND NORTH OF
EXPECTED FRONTAL POSITION. SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES BY FIRST PART
OF WEEKEND AS STRONGER WAVE MOVES ACROSS PUSHING FRONT SOUTH OF
THE AREA. THIS WILL DRY THINGS OUT AND ONCE AGAIN BRING COOLER
THAN NORMAL TEMPS TO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  43  70  45  73 /  40  10   0   0
HOBART OK         43  71  44  75 /  30  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  47  73  47  79 /  30  10   0   0
GAGE OK           37  70  38  71 /  20  10   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     42  68  41  70 /  60  10   0   0
DURANT OK         49  71  48  78 /  80  10   0   0

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 6:41 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
641 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261200-

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS EAST OF A LINE FROM WAURIKA TO PAULS VALLEY
TO SEMINOLE.

TIMING...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS
THROUGH LATE EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
DETAILS ON THE DEVELOPMENT...POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF KEY WEATHER
FEATURES WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE LATEST REGIONAL WEATHER DISCUSSION
ISSUED BY NWS NORMAN...AND IN GRAPHICS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NORMAN.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY APR 26.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...25 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE IN THE WEEK.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 700
AM TUESDAY MORNING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
549 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ039-044-252300-
COTTON OK-STEPHENS OK-
549 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COTTON AND STEPHENS
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CORUM AT 549 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
550 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ052-252300-
BRYAN OK-
550 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BRYAN COUNTY.

AT 550 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALBANY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BRYAN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

 MILLER
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:24 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
624 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ045-050-252345-
JEFFERSON OK-LOVE OK-
624 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR JEFFERSON AND LOVE COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF COURTNEY AT 624 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
642 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ018>020-023>030-038-044-260045-
CADDO OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-COMANCHE OK-COTTON OK-GRADY
OK-KINGFISHER OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-PAYNE
OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 201 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS CANCELS 13 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

CANADIAN              CLEVELAND             GRADY
KINGFISHER            LINCOLN               LOGAN
MCCLAIN               OKLAHOMA              PAYNE
POTTAWATOMIE

IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

CADDO                 COMANCHE              COTTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANADARKO...NORMAN...MOORE...
OKLAHOMA CITY...PURCELL...CHANDLER...GUTHRIE...SHAWNEE...LAWTON...
CHICKASHA...KINGFISHER...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...
STILLWATER AND WALTERS.

OKZ031>032-039>043-045>048-050>052-260100-
ATOKA OK-BRYAN OK-CARTER OK-COAL OK-GARVIN OK-HUGHES OK-JEFFERSON OK-
JOHNSTON OK-LOVE OK-MARSHALL OK-MURRAY OK-PONTOTOC OK-SEMINOLE
OK-STEPHENS OK-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 201 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN OKLAHOMA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

PONTOTOC              SEMINOLE

IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA

ATOKA                 BRYAN                 COAL
HUGHES                JOHNSTON              MARSHALL

IN SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA

CARTER                GARVIN                JEFFERSON
LOVE                  MURRAY                STEPHENS

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MADILL...SEMINOLE...DUNCAN...
SULPHUR...TISHOMINGO...PAULS VALLEY...WAURIKA...COALGATE...
ATOKA...MARIETTA...ADA...HOLDENVILLE...ARDMORE AND DURANT.
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
646 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

OKZ046-260000-
CARTER OK-
646 PM CDT MON APR 25 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CARTER COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILSON AT 646
PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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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.