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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT for Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
- May 30, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Roger Mills County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KOUN 302031 SVROUN OKC129-302115- /O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0310.060530T2030Z-060530T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ROGER MILLS COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CRAWFORD AND DURHAM...DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY. NEARLY CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CRAWFORD AND DURHAM. HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS CREEKS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL. LAT...LON 3592 9977 3588 9999 3561 10000 3584 9967 $$ JAMES
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KOUN 302052 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 351 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 OKC129-302115- /O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060530T2115Z/ ROGER MILLS OK- 351 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR ROGER MILLS COUNTY... AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLL...DRIFTING SOUTHWARD. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DURHAM...REYDON AND ROLL. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY. HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS CREEKS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL. LAT...LON 3581 9968 3585 10000 3561 10000 3560 9977 $$ JAMES
000 WWUS54 KOUN 302105 SVSOUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 404 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 OKC129-302115- /O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060530T2115Z/ ROGER MILLS OK- 404 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR ROGER MILLS COUNTY... AT 404 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LARGE CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROLL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS TO 65 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE LIKELY...IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHEYENNE...REYDON AND ROLL. HEAVY RAINS MAY QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS CREEKS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS AUTOMOBILES CAN QUICKLY STALL. LAT...LON 3580 9961 3579 10000 3556 9999 3557 9967 $$ JAMES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 59 min |
| May 29, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant | 54 min |
| May 29, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 44 min |
| May 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Major, Woods | 60 min |
| May 30, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 13 min |
| May 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 48 min |
| May 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Alfalfa | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Garfield, Grant | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 41 min |
| May 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.