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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Norman, OK

June 4, 2007Wichita County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT for Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 4, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wichita County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2007-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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 Jun 4, 3:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
301 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

.DISCUSSION...
AFTN HEATING AND WEAK SFC BOUNDARY HAS LEAD TO A FEW TSTMS ACROSS RE
RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO MOVE SOUTH OUT OF THE AREA
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

YET ANOTHER MCS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR WEST TONIGHT AND IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO OUR WEST OVERNIGHT. WILL LEAVE SOME LOW POPS
ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST ZONES FOR FRINGE OF ANY COMPLEX THAT MOVES INTO
WEST TEXAS TONIGHT.

NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT
TUE AFTN AND EVENING... WHICH SHOULD BE CONFINED TO NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA. MORNING NAM DOES HAVE A SIGNAL FOR ANOTHER MCS MOVING SE
OUT OF COLORADO TUE NIGHT TOWARD NORTHWEST OK AND WILL NEED TO WATCH
ITS PROGRESS IF IT DOES DEVELOP. HOWEVER...  TRANSITION IN MID LEVEL
FLOW OCCURS DURING THIS PERIOD AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING TRANSITIONS OUT
OF ROCKIES ACROSS PLAINS. THIS MAY KEEP ANY STORM COMPLEX MOVING
MORE EAST ACROSS KANSAS... THEREFORE WILL LIMITS POPS TO NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA AT THIS TIME.

STRONGER WAVE MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS FOR WED. AS
THIS OCCURS LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASES IN RESPONSE TO SFC LOW
DEVELOPMENT TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL LEAD TO A VERY WARM/HOT AND
WINDY DAY WED. WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PART OF THE AREA
WED. THIS S/SW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO ADVECT VERY WARM MID
LEVEL TEMPS CREATING A SUBSTANTIAL CAP. THIS SHOULD PROHIBIT ANY
CONVECTION FROM INITIATING THIS FAR SOUTH... HOWEVER IF A STORM IS
ABLE TO OVERCOME CAP IT WILL LIKELY BE A SIGNIFICANT STORM. AS WAVE
MOVES EAST INTO GREAT LAKES REGION THU/THU NIGHT IT WILL DRAG A SFC
COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO THE AREA... ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER MID
LEVEL TEMPS. WILL BEGIN TO SHOW AN INCREASE IN PRECIP POTENTIAL
BEGINNING LATE THU. WILL CONT TO SEE THIS SFC BOUNDARY OR RESIDUAL
PRECIP INDUCED BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA INTO NEXT WEEKEND. WILL
THEREFORE EXPAND POPS AREAWIDE FRI/FRI NIGHT WITH BETTER POPS ALONG
AND NORTH OF SFC FRONT.

AS WEEKEND GETS CLOSER... WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHER POPS NEEDED ONE
OR MORE PERIODS THAT AT THIS TIME ARE VERY HARD TO PINPOINT. ANOTHER
ASPECT TO MONITOR WILL BE HEAVY/FLOODING RAINFALL AS SFC FRONT LOOKS
TO LAY PARALLEL TO MID LEVEL FLOW LEADING TO TRAINING ALONG
BOUNDARY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  63  89  69  90 /  10  10  10  10
HOBART OK         63  91  68  93 /  10  10  10  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  65  91  70  93 /  20  10  10  10
GAGE OK           59  90  67  94 /  10  20  20  10
PONCA CITY OK     61  87  68  89 /  10  20  30  10
DURANT OK         65  89  69  90 /  10  10  10  10

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-051200-
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-
1155 AM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
THE PASSAGE OF SEVERAL WEAK COLD FRONTS IN RECENT DAYS HAS PUSHED
THE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WELL SOUTH INTO TEXAS. THIS HAS REDUCED
THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
OVER OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. MEANWHILE... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THESE FACTORS COULD RESULT IN
A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. LATER TONIGHT... THE
PRESENCE OF NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COULD AGAIN STEER A CLUSTER OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST TEXAS SOUTHEAST INTO PARTS
OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED SEVERE WIND
GUST. OTHERWISE... THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT TUESDAY JUN 5.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...40 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT NEAR THE KANSAS
BORDER COULD PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MEANWHILE... A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MAY FORM
IN COLORADO AND MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING AS A STRENGTHENING
LOW LEVEL JET PULLS DEEPER MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION. THIS MAY
RESULT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER BUILDING
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TUESDAY NIGHT.

BY WEDNESDAY... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MUCH MORE STRONGLY
CAPPED... AS WARM MID LEVEL AIR MOVES OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
AND INTO THE PLAINS. AT THE SAME TIME... A POTENT COMBINATION OF
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL OVERSPREAD THE PLAINS... LEADING TO A
CONDITIONAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. IF A THUNDERSTORM IS ABLE TO
BREAK THE CAP... IT COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER... THE CAP
WILL LIKELY KEEP THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS VERY LOW AND MAY
PREVENT THUNDERSTORMS ENTIRELY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN LATE THURSDAY WHEN MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES
COOL AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND
WESTERN OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY COULD
GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN THE AREA COULD EXPERIENCE
HANDLING PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED
HIGHWAYS. MEANWHILE... THE POTENTIAL FOR REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A STALLED COLD FRONT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY COULD RAISE
CONCERNS FOR FLOODING.

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

CJS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
341 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

TXZ086-090-042100-
WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-
341 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLAY AND WICHITA COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEAN AT 341 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN CLAY AND WICHITA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF WICHITA
FALLS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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.