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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 458, NWS Norman, OK

June 23, 2007Canadian County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT for Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 33 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 23, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Canadian County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1217 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 23, 1:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
140 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN FORECAST AREA INTO AT LEAST THE
MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. VERY WEAK FLOW ALOFT WITH AN UPPER RIDGE TO
THE WEST OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE ESTABLISHED SUB-TROPICAL
HIGH OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST WILL KEEP A VERY MOIST AIRMASS
OVER OK AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TX. HIGHER POPS ARE
CONCENTRATED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF OK AS THE UPPER
TROUGH AXIS WILL PROBABLY REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY IN THIS
STAGNANT PATTERN. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCERS AS THEY HAVE BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS. IN ADDITION TO A ROUND EACH AFTERNOON...ANY COMPLEX TO THE
NORTH OR WEST DURING THE NIGHT MAY BRING RAIN INTO NORTHERN OR
NORTHWEST OK, BUT THIS IS LESS CERTAIN. POPS CONTINUE EACH DAY
THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO
MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE KS-OK-NORTHERN TEXAS REGION,THERE WILL
LIKELY BE AMPLE MOISTURE FOR SHOWERS OR ENHANCED MOISTURE IF THE
GFS SUGGESTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE GULF MOVES CLOSE TO THE
TX COAST BY LATE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  68  88  67  86 /  20  30  20  30
HOBART OK         68  89  68  89 /  20  10  10  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  69  89  69  88 /  20  20  20  30
GAGE OK           66  89  66  90 /  20  10  10  20
PONCA CITY OK     68  89  69  87 /  30  40  20  30
DURANT OK         69  87  69  86 /  30  30  20  30

&&

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

99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 11:51 AM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1151 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-241200-
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-
1151 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM 2 PM TO 10
PM.

IMPACTS...
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND 65 MPH WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. HOWEVER... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

DISCUSSION...
SEVERAL MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ARE ALREADY OVER THE REGION
OR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE
DISTURBANCES AND HEATING WILL PROVIDE LIFT FOR ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION HAD MOVED INTO
THE AREA THIS MORNING... WITH ONE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
THE OTHER BOUNDARY WAS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. ONE OR BOTH OF THE BOUNDARIES MAY BECOME A
FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE TROPICAL
AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE MODERATELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. DESPITE WEAK WIND SHEAR... THE MODERATE INSTABILITY MAY
BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL. EVEN THOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT... THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY JUN 24.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...20 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A RISK
OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE REMAINING OVER THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RELATIVELY LOW DURING THIS PERIOD.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
CONCERN THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

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

MAXWELL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
359 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ030-232145-
POTTAWATOMIE OK-
359 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR PINK... TO TRIBBEY... TO
TROUSDALE AND ASHER AT 359 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY
STATIONARY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CAUSE
PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL... SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
413 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ019-232130-
LOGAN OK-
413 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOGAN COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERIDIAN AT
413 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...LEADING TO
MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...WILL OCCUR.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO CREATE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 45 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN LOGAN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
445 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ019-025-026-028>030-232215-
LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-CLEVELAND OK-
MCCLAIN OK-
445 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...
LOGAN...MCCLAIN...OKLAHOMA AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
SEWARD THROUGH EAST EDMOND AND ARCADIA TO JONES AND HARRAH AT 445 PM
CDT...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. SMALL HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF
SLAUGHTERVILLE TO TROUSDALE AND WANETTE. SMALL HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHWEST.

PEOPLE IN CLEVELAND...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCCLAIN...OKLAHOMA AND
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EDMOND...MIDWEST
CITY...AND NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA CITY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:21 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ025-029-232300-
OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF
EDMOND THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY TO SPENCER AND MIDWEST CITY
TO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY AT 521 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:21 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

OKZ025-029-232300-
OKLAHOMA OK-CLEVELAND OK-
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CLEVELAND AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM THE WEST SIDE OF
EDMOND THROUGH NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA CITY TO SPENCER AND MIDWEST CITY
TO SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA CITY AT 521 PM CDT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHWEST. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:54 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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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.