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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 607, NWS Norman, OK

October 14, 2007Canadian County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2007, 7:37 PM CDT for Canadian County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2007, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Canadian County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 14, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 E Niles, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 14, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2007-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 150037
SVROUN
OKC017-150115-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0607.071015T0037Z-071015T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
737 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALUMET...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS OF  
  65 MPH ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CALUMET...CONCHO...EL RENO...
  OKARCHE AND UNION CITY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 104 AND 131.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER... BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

LAT...LON 3535 9784 3536 9794 3537 9794 3536 9796
      3537 9803 3538 9804 3538 9830 3572 9830
      3573 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 236DEG 37KT 3539 9837

$$

BURKE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KOUN 150105
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
805 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

OKC017-150115-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0607.000000T0000Z-071015T0115Z/
CANADIAN OK-
805 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CANADIAN COUNTY...

AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
OKARCHE TO 14 MILES WEST OF UNION CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CALUMET...CONCHO...EL RENO...
  OKARCHE AND UNION CITY.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WINDS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING.
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STORM SHELTER... BASEMENT OR STURDY BUILDING IF
A TORNADO IS SIGHTED.

LAT...LON 3535 9784 3536 9794 3537 9794 3536 9796
      3537 9803 3538 9804 3538 9830 3572 9830
      3573 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 236DEG 37KT 3572 9802 3541 9812

$$

BURKE
000 
WWUS54 KOUN 150115
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
814 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

OKC017-150124-
/O.EXP.KOUN.SV.W.0607.000000T0000Z-071015T0115Z/
CANADIAN OK-
814 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CANADIAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815
PM CDT...

THE STORMS HAD WEAKENED...AND WERE NO LONGER SEVERE. SMALL HAIL AND 
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY AS THIS LINE OF STORMS 
MOVES INTO THE OKLAHOMA CITY METRO AREA.

LAT...LON 3535 9784 3536 9794 3537 9794 3536 9796
      3537 9803 3538 9804 3538 9830 3572 9830
      3573 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 236DEG 37KT 3577 9792 3546 9802

$$

BURKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo40 min
Oct 14, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa29 min
Oct 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady48 min
Oct 14, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Tillman42 min
Oct 14, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman33 min
Oct 14, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma38 min
Oct 14, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche47 min
Oct 14, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman52 min
Oct 14, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Tillman45 min
Oct 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens45 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.