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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Norman, OK

April 28, 2006Hardeman County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2006, 7:21 PM CDT for Hardeman County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2006, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hardeman County, TX

The radar

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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 28, 11:36 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

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 28, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
303 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTION IS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF
STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST. HAVE GOTTEN SOME CLEARING AND HEATING IN
A SMALL PERT OF SOUTHWEST PART OF THE AREA AND ACROSS THE TEXAS
SOUTH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN PANHANDLE WHICH HAS ALLOWED SURFACE-
BASED INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP. INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE ELEVATED IN
NATURE FARTHER WHERE CLOUDS HAVE KEPT SURFACE TEMPERATURES LOWER.
WILL INCLUDE SEVERE WORDING IN THE ZONES AREAWIDE. EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS. AND HAVE KEPT THE CATEGORICAL POPS IN MOST
AREAS. THERE ARE SIGNS OF DRYSLOT DEVELOPING THAT MAY IMPACT
EXTENT OF PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHWESTERN OR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA LATER THIS EVENING... BUT STILL THINK CHANCES OF RAIN ARE
HIGH BEFORE THIS. SOME PORTIONS OF NOBLE AND KAY COUNTIES RECEIVED
HEAVY RAIN TODAY... BUT THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF HEAVY RAIN THIS
EVENING WILL LIKELY BE FARTHER SOUTH SO HAVE NOT ISSUED FFA IN
THIS AREA.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE SECOND PERIOD AHEAD OF
THE SURFACE FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE AREA. EVEN AFTER THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH... SOME
INSTABILITY CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW IS SUFFICIENT TO KEEP SOME
CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  55  67  49  78 / 100  40  20  10
HOBART OK         52  71  48  80 / 100  20  10  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  56  74  50  84 / 100  30  10  10
GAGE OK           46  65  45  78 /  90  30  20  10
PONCA CITY OK     54  64  48  74 / 100  50  40  20
DURANT OK         61  71  51  81 / 100  70  20  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
450 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-291300-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
450 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH
TEXAS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS
AND ALL OF WESTERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM QUANAH...TO VERNON...
AND ARCHER CITY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS NORTH OF THE MODERATE RISK
AREA.

TIMING...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYTIME THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
LATER TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA...WHICH MAY BE
ACCOMPANIED BY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES.
ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY
CONCERN.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH...AND AN UPPER LOW APPROACHES. STORMS IN THE SLIGHT
RISK AREA WILL CONTAIN WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY AND MARGINAL
WIND SHEAR...WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL POSSIBLE WITH A FEW STORMS.

ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN VICINITY OF A
SURFACE LOW...WARM FRONT...AND DRYLINE...IN WEST TEXAS... IN THE
SOUTHEAST PART OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE... OR FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD
LUBBOCK AND ABILENE. THESE STORMS WILL BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH
GREATER INSTABILITY AND SHEAR THAN THE STORMS FARTHER NORTH...AND
COULD BECOME SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA...WITH
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THESE
STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE CLUSTERS OF STORMS
OVERNIGHT...WITH SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES DIMINISHING LATER TONIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY APR 29.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE
SHORT-DURATION RAINFALL RATES...AND LOCAL FLOODING...ESPECIALLY
TONIGHT.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
STORMS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS SATURDAY.

A FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
MONDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE AREA AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

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

CMS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:26 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
641 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

OKZ033-TXZ083-290000-
HARMON OK-HARDEMAN TX-
641 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARDEMAN AND HARMON
COUNTIES.

AT 641 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT
FROM NEAR GOULD IN HARMON COUNTY...INTO NORTHERN HARDEMAN COUNTY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY.

PEOPLE IN HARDEMAN AND HARMON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JAMES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:55 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:59 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
659 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

TXZ084-290015-
FOARD TX-
659 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD COUNTY.

AT 659 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN SWEARINGEN
AND PADUCAH IN COTTLE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL
HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN
ARE LIKELY...AS THESE STORMS APPROACH WESTERN FOARD COUNTY.

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

JAMES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:11 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
711 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

TXZ083-084-290030-
HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX-
711 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES.

AT 711 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD
FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN HARDEMAN...AND NORTHWEST
FOARD COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN AREA LIKELY.

PEOPLE IN FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JAMES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
715 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

OKZ050-290030-
LOVE OK-
715 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOVE COUNTY.

AT 715 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS COOKE
COUNTY...JUST WEST OF GAINESVILLE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHERN LOVE COUNTY...INCLUDING
THACKERVILLE...WITH SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

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

JAMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchOUNAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Garfield, Grant, Johnston and 5 more13 hr
Apr 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson41 min
Apr 28, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan57 min
Apr 28, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLove, Marshall3 hr
Apr 29, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNLove, Marshall3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.