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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2007, 2:02 AM CDT for Stephens County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 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
- May 7, 2007, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2007, 2:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stephens County, OK
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 6, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 6, 5:14 PM CDT, 8 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 5:14 PM CDT, 8 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
514 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
.UPDATE...
STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS CONTINUE TO ROLL ACROSS WESTERN OK AND
WESTERN N TX THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WX THREAT
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN GIVEN RAINFALL RATES EXPECTED AND NNEWD
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS. MANY IN WESTERN OK...ESPECIALLY NW
OK..HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAIN THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH FFG
VALUES FAIRLY LOW. THUS WILL GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT FOR
ROUGHLY THE WESTERN THIRD OF OK SWD INTO WRN N TX WITH BOTH FLASH
FLOODING AND MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING A CONCERN.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 67 79 64 78 / 70 70 60 50
HOBART OK 66 80 60 77 / 60 60 60 50
WICHITA FALLS TX 70 82 66 81 / 60 60 60 50
GAGE OK 58 72 54 75 / 60 50 60 50
PONCA CITY OK 67 76 66 78 / 70 70 60 50
DURANT OK 68 82 67 83 / 40 50 40 50
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR OKZ004>006-009>011-
014>016-021-022-033>037.
TX...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ083>085-087-088.
&&
02Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 10:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071200-
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-
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007
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 THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST...CENTRAL AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35...AND
INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
TIMING...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN ON SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
IMPACTS...
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH THE STORMS EAST OF
INTERSTATE 35 IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THE MAIN
THREATS FROM STORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA FROM SOUTHWEST WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS...WINDS TO 70 MPH...AS WELL AS FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL
RAIN.
DISCUSSION...
VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS AND FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL ENHANCE THE
THREAT OF TORNADOES WITH THE STORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST OKALHOMA. THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS TO BE A BIT LOWER
FARTHER WEST HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN AS
THE STORMS MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER
THE SAME AREAS. A FEW STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY MAY 6.
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...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING IN AREAS THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY REPEAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH
TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FROM
MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST
MOVES SLOWLY EAST. DAY TO DAY CHANGES IN THE LOCATION OF A WEAK COLD
FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL AFFECT THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST
THROUGH FRIDAY.
ALONG WITH THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK... THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN
DEVELOPING WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
MONDAY.
IIIn the hours before
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</html>Local storm report, May 7, 1:02 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
102 AM CDT MON MAY 07 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM HAIL GRACEMONT 35.19N 98.26W
05/07/2007 E0.88 INCH CADDO OK EMERGENCY MNGR
DIME AND NICKEL HAIL.
&&
DWSpecial weather statement, May 7, 1:37 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 137 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 OKZ023-027-070700- CADDO OK-GRADY OK- 137 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO AND GRADY COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHICKASHA AT 137 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CADDO AND GRADY COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ..SPEG.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Custer | 44 min |
| May 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer | 44 min |
| May 6, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 53 min |
| May 6, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Seminole | 37 min |
| May 6, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Washita | 64 min |
| May 6, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| May 6, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 6, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 36 min |
| May 6, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 6, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Beckham, Custer, Washita | 4 hr |
| May 7, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 48 min |
| May 7, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Stephens | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 41 min |
| May 7, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 41 min |
| May 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie | 19 min |
| May 7, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln | 46 min |
| May 7, 6:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Comanche, Grady | 3 hr |
| May 7, 6:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 43 min |
| May 7, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 61 min |
| May 7, 9:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 64 min |
| May 7, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan, Marshall | 49 min |
| May 7, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 23 min |
| May 7, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Marshall, Murray, Stephens | 44 min |
| May 7, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Johnston, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 7, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Murray | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.