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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 527, NWS Norman, OK

May 27, 2008Archer County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT for Archer County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Archer County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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
May 27, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2008-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 827 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 May 27, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...
SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL WORK ITS WAY SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. AS IT DOES SO IT WILL BE FOCUS FOR YET
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE REMAINS A SEVERE
THREAT ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH TEXAS WHERE
BETTER INSTABILITY RESIDES. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN WITH
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE HAVE ISSUED A
FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST FOR
TONIGHT.

COULD BE A FEW SHOWERS LEFT WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE COOLER
DRIER AIRMASS WILL MAKE FOR SLIGHTLY MORE COMFORTABLE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THIS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS SOUTH
WINDS AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS RETURN ON THURSDAY. QUITER PERIOD OF
WEATHER EXPECTED SECOND HALF OF WEEK INTO WEEKEND... ALTHOUGH VERY
WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. ANOTHER WEAKER SFC FRONT MOVES
SOUTH ACROSS AREA ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT... BUT SHOULD GO
THROUGH DRY. MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST LOOKS WARM AND
PRECIP FREE AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  63  82  69  90 /  60  10  10  10
HOBART OK         64  84  68  94 /  50  10  10  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  68  89  72  93 /  60  20  10   0
GAGE OK           51  78  66  92 /  20  10  10  10
PONCA CITY OK     62  76  67  89 /  40  10  10  10
DURANT OK         69  87  71  89 /  60  20  10  10

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
     FOR OKZ027>032-039>043-045>048-050>052.

TX...NONE.
&&

25/30
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 11:58 AM CDT, 9 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1158 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-281200-
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-
1158 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ARNETT... TO
WATONGA... TO DUNCAN AND WAURIKA OKLAHOMA. THIS ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 2 PM INTO
TONIGHT.

IMPACTS...
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS... STRONG WINDS TO 65 MPH... AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER CONCERNS.
HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN ON SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...
ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE... A COLD FRONT
LOCATED OVER THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES WILL MOVE INTO PARTS
OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT. THE MORNING STORMS HAVE ALSO GENERATED AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY THAT WILL EXTEND FROM THE COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
IF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CAN MAINTAIN ITSELF THIS AFTERNOON... IT
COULD ALSO BE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE
AIRMASS TO THE SOUTH OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
VERY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND
NORTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE DESPITE RATHER
MODEST WIND SHEAR. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER... ISOLATED TORNADOES
COULD STILL BE A THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... IF THE
REMNANTS OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND THE COLD FRONT CAN FAVORABLY
MODIFY THE LOW LEVEL WINDS IN THE AREA AND THE INSTABILITIES REACH
VERY HIGH VALUES.

THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE TO THE SOUTHEAST AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MAY 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE HEAVY RAIN
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CONTINUING IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA ON
WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS IN NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA SUNDAY NIGHT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
TODAY.

MAXWELL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
737 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NE ELDORADO           34.52N 99.59W
05/27/2008  M58 MPH          JACKSON            OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DW
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

TXZ087-088-280115-
KNOX TX-BAYLOR TX-
755 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BAYLOR AND KNOX COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF VERA
TO 5 MILES WEST OF MUNDAY AT 755 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN BAYLOR AND KNOX COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

30
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:14 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
814 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

TXZ087-088-280145-
KNOX TX-BAYLOR TX-
814 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BAYLOR AND KNOX COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GOREE AT 814 PM CDT...MOVING
EAST AT 19 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

WR
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:36 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
836 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

TXZ086-088>090-280215-
WICHITA TX-CLAY TX-ARCHER TX-BAYLOR TX-
836 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ARCHER...BAYLOR...CLAY AND
WICHITA COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM IOWA PARK TO 31 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WESTOVER AT 836 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.

SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH A 30-MINUTE PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
LIGHTER SHOWERS WILL FOLLOW THE THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

WR
Special weather statement, May 27, 9:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
900 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

OKZ037-TXZ083>085-087-280300-
TILLMAN OK-HARDEMAN TX-WILBARGER TX-FOARD TX-KNOX TX-
900 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD...HARDEMAN...KNOX...
TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES.

OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS MOVING AWAY TO THE EAST OF WICHITA FALLS
AND ARCHER CITY. ONCE THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF
VERY GUSTY WIND FROM THE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST. THE WIND MAY LAST
AROUND ONE HOUR.

WR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman41 min
May 27, 11:41 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningOUNCotton, Jackson, Tillman3 hr
May 28, 12:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCanadian, Kingfisher2 hr
May 27, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman28 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.