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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT for Foard County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- May 27, 2008, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Foard County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KOUN 272215
SVROUN
TXC155-272315-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0521.080527T2214Z-080527T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
514 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN FOARD COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF CROWELL. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS... WINDS OF
60 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ARE LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROWELL.
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 3417 10005 3406 9968 3383 9974 3385 10006
3416 10006
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 178DEG 1KT 3389 10000
$$
30The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Flood Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 10 hr |
| May 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 47 min |
| May 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 2 hr |
| May 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman, Wilbarger | 51 min |
| May 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 66 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.