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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT for Woods County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 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
- May 5, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Woods County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
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 May 5, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 218 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE CURRENT RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT THIS AFTERNOON. OTHER STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS LIKELY WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THIS EVENING. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON THE UPPER LOW AND DRY LINE TO THE WEST OF OKLAHOMA WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR MORE AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE EVENING STORM OFF THE DRY LINE WILL AFFECT WESTERN OKLAHOMA, THEN OVERNIGHT MORE STORMS OR A COMPLEX OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE LOW LEVEL JET. THE EXPECTED TRACK OF THE UPPER ACROSS THE RED RIVER REGION AND THE SURFACE LOW WEDNESDAY MAY LEAD TO SEVERAL MODES OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ONCE THE UPPER LOW IS EAST OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DRIER AND MILD WEATHER IS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN COMES LATE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY WITH A WAVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 62 79 64 74 / 40 40 50 60 HOBART OK 63 82 63 78 / 50 20 60 40 WICHITA FALLS TX 66 82 64 82 / 50 20 60 40 GAGE OK 62 85 62 77 / 40 20 40 40 PONCA CITY OK 64 78 66 76 / 30 40 40 70 DURANT OK 62 77 64 79 / 30 40 40 60 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:40 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 326 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 OKZ004-005-010-052045- WOODWARD OK-HARPER OK-WOODS OK- 326 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLAINVIEW AT 326 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN HARPER...WOODS AND WOODWARD COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, May 5, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 39 min |
| May 5, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 64 min |
| May 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Woods | 114 min |
| May 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Woods | 45 min |
| May 5, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Wichita, Wilbarger | 33 min |
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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.