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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 576, NWS Norman, OK

November 5, 2006Beckham County, Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2006, 5:40 AM CST for Beckham County, Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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
Nov 5, 2006, 5:40 AM CST (11:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2006, 6:30 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beckham County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Nov 5, 4:34 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 4:34 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
434 AM CST SUN NOV 5 2006

.DISCUSSION...
NEARLY SATURATED LOWER ATMOSPHERE...WITH CONTINUED MOISTURE
ADVECTION CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AHEAD OF MID-LEVEL S/WV
TROUGH. DRIZZLE AND FOG SHOULD CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS THE
REGION...AND BECOME THE MAIN CONCERN TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. THIS COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON AVIATION AND
HIGHWAY TRAVEL. WILL NOT ISSUE DENSE FOG ADVISORY ATTM...BUT THIS WILL
BE SOMETHING FOR THE DAY SHIFT TO PONDER IF SIGNAL CONTINUES TO BE
AS STRONG IN NEXT RUN OF MODELS. HIGH POPS WERE RETAINED AND
ACTUALLY EXPANDED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...EVEN
THOUGH SOME LOCATIONS UNDER THE LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS EXPECTED
TO RECEIVE ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. THE MOST CONCENTRATED
AREA OF RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE-44 CORRIDOR. A COUPLE INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA...WITH HEAVIEST ACTIVITY LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH
LITTLE/SUBTLE PROGD SURFACE REFLECTION. ALL MODELS AGREE WITH
SCENARIO OF TRAPPED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE BELOW SUBSIDENCE
INVERSION LATE TONIGHT INTO MUCH OF MONDAY. THIS WOULD YIELD SLOW
CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY AND THIS WILL BE
REFLECTED IN HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECAST. AT THIS POINT...WILL GO
BELOW GUIDANCE OVER AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF FORECAST
AREA...AND THAT IS BEING OPTIMISTIC.

DEEPER MIXING AND MORE SUN WILL YIELD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY AHEAD OF NEXT STORM AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SEEM TO BE CONVERGING ON A SIMILAR
SOLUTION NOW...WITH FROPA ON FRIDAY. WILL LEAVE MOST TEMPS AND
POPS ALONE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS EXACT TRACK/TIMING OF STORM
SYSTEM STILL IN QUESTION.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  60  54  67  49 /  80  60  20   0
HOBART OK         62  52  72  45 /  60  40  20   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  64  57  71  51 /  80  70  30  10
GAGE OK           61  48  73  40 /  40  20  10   0
PONCA CITY OK     60  52  65  47 /  60  40  20   0
DURANT OK         63  57  65  53 /  90  90  40  10

&&

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

25/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 4, 11:45 AM CST, 17 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 5:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills38 min
Nov 5, 6:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster15 min
Nov 5, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills49 min
Nov 5, 11:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster52 min
Nov 5, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman39 min
Nov 5, 3:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Wilbarger42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.