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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 528, NWS Norman, OK

August 9, 2007Garfield County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2007, 6:36 AM CDT for Garfield County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 9, 2007, 6:36 AM CDT (11:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2007, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Garfield County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 38 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2596 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 Aug 9, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
340 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

SMALL CLUSTER OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
AND SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. EXPECT AS 35-40 KT LLJ
VEERS AND WEAKENS NEAR SUNRISE THAT STORMS WILL GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE AND MOVE EAST. IN THE MEANTIME...KAY AND NOBLE COUNTIES
WILL BE IMPACTED OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.

OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION CURRENT EXTENDS FROM NEAR
STILLWATER TO MARSHALL TO FAIRVIEW AND NORTH OF WOODWARD.
WILL LEAVE IN 20 POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH
THE CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO.  IF STORMS CAN FORM...
INVERTED V SOUNDING PROFILE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST
OK MAY RESULT IN A FEW WIND GUSTS NEAR SEVERE LEVELS.

AFTER TONIGHT...EXPECT HOT...DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS CENTER OF UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN
PLACE ACROSS THE FA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  99  75  99  74 /  10   0  10  10
HOBART OK        101  74 100  73 /  10  10   0  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  99  75  99  75 /  10   0   0  10
GAGE OK          101  74 100  72 /  20  20  10  10
PONCA CITY OK     99  77 100  75 /  20  20  10  10
DURANT OK         95  74  96  74 /  10   0   0  10

&&

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

SIX
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 6:00 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1250 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

OKZ007-008-090630-
KAY OK-GRANT OK-
1250 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRANT AND KAY COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF RENFROW AT 1250 AM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

WR
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
200 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

OKZ007-008-013-090800-
NOBLE OK-KAY OK-GRANT OK-
200 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRANT...KAY AND NOBLE
COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF
CHILOCCO TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMONT AT 200 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

WR
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
320 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

OKZ008-090900-
KAY OK-
320 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR KAY COUNTY.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES WEST OF HARDY
TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PONCA CITY AT 320 AM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

HAIL TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

WR
Local storm report, Aug 9, 3:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay31 min
Aug 9, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay35 min
Aug 9, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield46 min
Aug 9, 9:32 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 19 more3 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.