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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Norman, OK

April 13, 2007Beckham County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2007, 3:48 AM CDT for Beckham County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 13, 2007, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2007, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Beckham County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 298 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
584 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Apr 13, 3:29 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:29 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
329 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

.DISCUSSION...
COMPLICATED WX PATTERN TO EVOLVE OVER THE FA IN THE NEXT 24-36
HOURS. STRONG UPPER SYSTEM CENTERED OVER AZ IX MOVING EWD THIS
MORNING. WIDESPREAD TSTMS...WITH A FEW PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...HAVE
DEVELOPED FROM THE TX PANHANDLE INTO WRN OK IN WAA PATTERN ABOVE REL
COOL BOUNDARY LAYER. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH SFC
LOW TRACKING EWD VCNTY OF THE RED RIVER TODAY AS MAIN UPPER LOW
BEGINS TO MOVE EWD FROM AZ/NM INTO WEST TX. GREATEST SEVERE THREAT
WILL BE IN SRN PORTIONS OF THE FA CLOSE TO THE SFC LOW AND WARM
FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR RED RIVER BY AFTN... WITH THREAT
OF ELEVATED HAILERS EXTENDING NWD THROUGH MUCH OF THE FA.  IN
ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WX THREAT...WINTER WEATHER WILL ALSO BE A
CONCERN ACROSS NRN PORTIONS OF THE FA TONIGHT. RAIN EXPECTED TO
CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT IN NWRN OK AS UPPER LOW LIFTS NEWD AND COLDER
LOW LEVEL AIR SURGES SWD DOWN THE HIGH PLAINS.  ALTHOUGH GROUND
TEMPS ARE REL WARM... SNOW COULD BE HEAVY ENOUGH FOR ACCUMULATIONS
IN THE NW OVERNIGHT. INCREASING NLY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRFTING SNOW.  WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE SNOW ADVY FOR THE
NW FOR TONIGHT.  SYSTEM EXPECTED TO LIFT OUT FAIRLY RAPIDLY SAT WITH
JUST SOME LINGERING LIGHT PRECIP IN THE MORNING ACROSS NERN PARTS OF
THE FA. ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM EXPECTED FAIRLY CLOSE ON THE HEELS OF
THE CURRENT ONE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
MOISTURE MAY BE LIMITED INITIALLY WITH THIS SYSTEM AS LOW LVL RDG
EXTENDS INTO THE GULF...BUT SLY LOW LVL FLOW SHOULD INCREASE MONDAY
AND WILL INTRO LOW POPS IN THE WEST LATE MONDAY THEN SPREAD OVER THE
REMAINDR OF THE FA TUESDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  52  40  53  35 / 100  70  30   0
HOBART OK         54  36  54  33 /  90  40  10   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  66  43  57  38 /  80  30  10   0
GAGE OK           45  31  51  30 / 100  90  20   0
PONCA CITY OK     48  35  49  31 / 100  90  30   0
DURANT OK         63  46  54  41 /  90  80  20   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR
     OKZ004>006-009-010.

TX...NONE.
&&

22/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 7:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
730 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-131200-
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-
730 PM CDT THU APR 12 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

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

LOCATION...
WEST OF A LINE FROM FREEDOM... TO WATONGA...TO WAURIKA...AND
INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
MOST LIKELY AFTER 9 PM.

IMPACTS...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY HAZARD...WITH WINDS TO 65 MPH A
SECONDARY HAZARD.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
NONE.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE.
COLD MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WIND SHEAR
TO SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 65 MPH. AVERAGE MOVEMENT
WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY APR 13.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LIGHTNING MAY BE UNUSUALLY FREQUENT WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARD MAY BE
ONGOING EARLY FRIDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WITH THESE
STORMS WEAKENING BY MIDDAY.

CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS RESUME LATER IN THE DAY WITH A MODERATE
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...AS A
SURFACE LOW AND DRYLINE MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SUPERCELLS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND TORNADOES
POSSIBLE.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WINDY AND COLDER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
SNOW LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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

JAMES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 1:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
156 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

OKZ022-130715-
WASHITA OK-
156 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WASHITA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKY AT 156
AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS IN KIOWA COUNTY...BETWEEN HOBART AND LONE
WOLF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...AND COULD EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN WASHITA COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN WASHITA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

JAMES
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Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:31 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
331 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

OKZ024-130845-
CANADIAN OK-
331 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN COUNTY.

AT 331 AM...A MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH DIME TO NICKEL
SIZE HAIL WAS NEAR HINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN CANADIAN
COUNTY THROUGH 4 AM...WITH PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL EXPECTED.

PEOPLE IN CANADIAN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

JAMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer27 min
Apr 13, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Kiowa45 min
Apr 13, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita51 min
Apr 13, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo49 min
Apr 13, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian25 min
Apr 13, 3:45 AM CDTSnow AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay and 4 more27 hr
Apr 13, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher29 min
Apr 13, 4:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon47 min
Apr 13, 5:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa38 min
Apr 13, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa48 min
Apr 13, 7:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMarshall36 min
Apr 13, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon46 min
Apr 13, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNSeminole46 min
Apr 13, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson45 min
Apr 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNStephens45 min
Apr 13, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox39 min
Apr 13, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor, Knox33 min
Apr 13, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Wilbarger43 min
Apr 13, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor35 min
Apr 13, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Wichita40 min
Apr 13, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor29 min
Apr 13, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNArcher44 min
Apr 13, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNClay, Wichita44 min
Apr 13, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNArcher34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.