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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 558, NWS Norman, OK

September 7, 2007Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT for Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 7, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pontotoc County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 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 Sep 7, 3:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:22 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
322 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

.DISCUSSION...
THE REMAINS OF FORMER HURRICANE HENRIETTE HAVE COMBINED WITH
INCREASED LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE TO PROVIDE AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
STRONG INSTABILITY HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH OF THIS AREA... AND A FEW
STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. IN ADDITION
TO ALL THIS... A WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA
WILL REMAIN IN THAT GENERAL AREA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO BEFORE
BEING SHOVED SOUTH.

THESE WEATHER SYSTEMS ARE NOT FORECAST TO MOVE MUCH OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO... AND CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE QUITE EXTENSIVE...
AND GIVEN THE HIGH VALUES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER... HEAVY RAINFALL
IS LIKELY. WE WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED
EARLIER... AND ADD A FEW COUNTIES IN WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
OKLAHOMA.

A STRONG UPPER-LEVEL WAVE IS FORECAST TO DRIVE A RELATIVELY STRONG
COLD FRONT THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON MONDAY... THEN A
DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF THE WEEK. IT IS WORTH
MENTIONING THAT THE 06Z RUN OF THE GFS SHOWED A RADICALLY
DIFFERENT SCENARIO... WITH WARM AND RAINY CONDITIONS. GIVEN THAT
THE 12Z GFS AND THE ECMWF MAINTAIN A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE... THIS FORECAST WILL MAINTAIN THE DRY
OUTLOOK FOR MID AND LATE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  84  69  84 /  90  70  50  20
HOBART OK         71  85  69  88 /  70  60  40  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  74  89  71  87 /  50  60  50  20
GAGE OK           65  84  66  83 /  60  30  20  20
PONCA CITY OK     69  82  67  85 /  90  70  30  10
DURANT OK         73  89  73  85 /  50  50  50  40

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR OKZ006>008-
     011>021.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
     SATURDAY NIGHT FOR OKZ022>031-033>038.

TX...NONE.
&&

23/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081300-
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 FRI SEP 7 2007

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

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS
OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ADA TO
LAWTON AND ALTUS OKLAHOMA.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 3 PM
THROUGH 9 PM.

IMPACTS...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...WHICH CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 3 PM UNTIL
9 PM.

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  EXTENSIVE
CLOUD COVER ACROSS THIS AREA OF THE STATE WILL LIMIT
INSTABILITY...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.
LESS CLOUD COVER OVER SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS HAS RESULTED IN MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THIS
AREA.  DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND OUTFLOW FROM RAIN ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.  IF STORMS DEVELOP...MARGINAL
WIND SHEAR WILL LIMIT ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS...BUT A FEW
MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH...TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND HAIL.  GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND
ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.

ADDITIONALLY...MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM HENRIETTE...WILL CREATE AN UNUSUALLY
HUMID ENVIRONMENT UP TO A GREAT DEPTH IN THE ATMOSPHERE. RAINFALL
MAY BE EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY WITHIN THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LIKELY DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF
DAYTIME HEATING.  HOWEVER STORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS LOW
LEVEL WINDS INCREASE.  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP AS
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOCUSED ALONG THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY SEP 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...50 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST VERSION
OF THIS PRODUCT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND
AS A COLD FRONT STALLS IN THE REGION. OUTFLOW MAY TEND TO PUSH THE
MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION AREAS TOWARD THE RED RIVER LATE
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP
QUICKLY THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY DRIER AND COOLER AIR.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AREA LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY. THIS MAY LEAD
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS LARGER SCALE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING LAND AND RIVERS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE FLOODING POTENTIAL IN YOUR
AREA.

SIX

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 7, 9:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 7, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
212 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W LONE WOLF           34.99N 99.33W
09/06/2007                   KIOWA              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SCREENED IN PORCH OF A HOUSE WAS RIPPED OFF AND BLOWN
            OVER THE HOUSE. HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE BOYDVILLE
            COMMUNITEE OFF NORTHSHORE ROAD. A FEW COTTONWOOD TREES
            WERE DOWNED AS WELL. THIS IS A CORRECTED LOCATION.

&&

JPIKE
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:59 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
259 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ019-020-026-072030-
LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-PAYNE OK-
259 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LINCOLN...LOGAN AND PAYNE
COUNTIES.

AT 3 PM... A THIN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE FROM YALE TO PERKINS TO MERIDIAN.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

OKZ042-072045-
PONTOTOC OK-
320 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR PONTOTOC COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF ADA AT 320 PM
CDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.
STRONG WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
CAN BE EXPECTED.  SOME INCREASE IN INTENSITY IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
NEXT 30 MINUTES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita47 min
Sep 6, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson42 min
Sep 6, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Jackson60 min
Sep 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa46 min
Sep 7, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 32 more31 hr
Sep 7, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNCaddo28 min
Sep 7, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.