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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 667, NWS Norman, OK

June 14, 2008Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT for Foard County, Hardeman County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 14, 2008, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

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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 Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
302 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS
FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OR SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EVIDENT ON SATELLITE WILL
CONTINUE A WESTWARD SURGE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND WHEN IT
BECOMES COINCIDENT WITH WEAK FRONT OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND
FAR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...COULD ALLOW ENOUGH CONVERGENCE TO
INITIATE ISOLATED OR SCATTERED STORMS. LOW POPS WILL BE KEPT OVER
WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO EARLY EVENING FOR
THIS POSSIBILITY...AND WITH CAPES ESTIMATED IN THE 3-4K RANGE...
WE WILL EXPECT STORMS TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS
NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AND SPREADS ARE WELL INTO THE 30 DEGREES
RANGE.

MORE PROBABLE WILL BE CAPROCK/HIGHER TERRAIN CONVECTION TO OUR
WEST THAT MAY CONSOLIDATE INTO A COMPLEX LATE TONIGHT. EAST AND
SOUTHEAST PROGRESSION WOULD KEEP THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR MCS
ACTIVITY OVER WEST-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...DOWN INTO WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE NOT ALL THAT EXCITED ABOUT
CONTINUED PROGRESS OF ANY MCS...BUT GIVEN MID-LEVEL S/WV MOVING
OUT OF COLORADO THIS EVENING...STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET...AND WEAK
SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION...WILL KEEP MODERATE-CHANCE AND
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL BE MONITORED
AND UPDATED AS NEEDED THIS EVENING.

MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL PROGD TO SURGE INTO THE
REGION LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...AND POPS WILL BE CONTINUED
WITH THIS FEATURE. THIS BOUNDARY STALLS AND STAYS A WEATHER
CONTRIBUTOR OVER OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS WELL INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FOCUS FOR DIURNAL ACTIVITY NEAR
BOUNDARY...BAROCLINIC/MOISTURE AXIS WILL ALSO BE A FAVORED TRACK
FOR ANY THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT FORMS TO OUR NORTHWEST AND DIVES
SOUTHEAST AT NIGHT. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE
ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET INTO THE MONDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME-
FRAME.

MODELS INDICATE UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTING FARTHER EASTWARD OVER
SOUTHERN PLAINS BY LATE IN THE WEEK...SHIFTING THE STORM TRACK TO
OUR NORTH AND EAST. LATE WEEK PERIODS WILL REMAIN DRY IN FORECAST
FOR THIS REASON.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  96  70  91 /  20  20  20  30
HOBART OK         73 103  71  93 /  40  20  20  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  76 100  74  97 /  30  20  10  20
GAGE OK           69  99  64  85 /  30  10  20  20
PONCA CITY OK     71  93  68  85 /  20  30  40  20
DURANT OK         71  94  72  92 /  20  10  10  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

22/11

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:43 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:46 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	55 min
Jun 14, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson	27 min
Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Harmon, Jackson	43 min
Jun 14, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	66 min
Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	44 min
Jun 14, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Jackson, Tillman	44 min
Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Wichita, Wilbarger	54 min
Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	51 min
Jun 14, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Knox	62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.