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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Norman, OK

April 9, 2008Hughes County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2008, 6:17 PM CDT for Hughes County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2008, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Hughes County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2008-04-09Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 092317
SVROUN
OKC063-092345-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0252.080409T2317Z-080409T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
617 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WINDS OF 65 MPH ARE LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DUSTIN...LAMAR AND WETUMKA.

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 3528 9597 3516 9596 3514 9600 3509 9604
      3505 9606 3504 9616 3525 9630 3531 9619
      3530 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 248DEG 48KT 3517 9614

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KOUN 092336
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
636 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

OKC063-092346-
/O.EXP.KOUN.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080409T2345Z/
HUGHES OK-
636 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3528 9597 3516 9596 3514 9600 3509 9604
      3505 9606 3504 9616 3525 9630 3531 9619
      3530 9599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 248DEG 48KT 3526 9585

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 3:59 AM CDTFlood WatchOUNAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 25 more33 hr
Apr 9, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman38 min
Apr 9, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman47 min
Apr 9, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarvin, McClain, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole40 min
Apr 9, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Pottawatomie, Seminole51 min
Apr 9, 6:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNSeminole3 hr
Apr 9, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole44 min
Apr 9, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningOUNHughes3 hr
Apr 9, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPontotoc, Seminole44 min
Apr 9, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNHughes, Pontotoc37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.