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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 810, NWS Norman, OK

August 29, 2008Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT for Noble County, Payne County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 29, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2008-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-237 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 29, 3:05 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:05 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
305 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
NEAR THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL OK
...ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OK...AND IN
SW OK/N TX WHERE PLUME OF DEEPER MOISTURE HAS SPREAD IN ADVANCE OF
SYSTEM OVER NRN MEXICO. EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. STORMS MAY BE MORE
LONG LIVED IN WESTERN OK OVERNIGHT WHERE A MODERATE LOW LEVEL JET
MAY INTERACT WITH THE WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FOCUS MAY
SHIFT MORE TO SWRN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR SATURDAY AS SURFACE
DRIFTS SWD. BREAK IN THE ACTION EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO EARLY PART OF
NEXT WEEK WITH WEAK UPR RIDGE OVER THE AREA AND NO SURFACE
BOUNDARY EVIDENT. FOCUS LATE IN THE WEEK THEN SHIFTS TO POSSIBLE
IMPACT OF GUSTAV ON THE AREA. MODEL DIFFER IN HANDLING REMNANTS OF
GUSTAV AFTER IT MAKES LANDFALL. ECMWF BRINGS REMNANTS FURTHER WEST
THAN THE GFS AND THIS TRACK WOULD HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE
CWA...ESP THE ERN HALF. FOR NOW WILL NOW WILL GO WITH MORE OF A
COMPROMISE FCST WITH THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. THIS WILL POINT TO HIGHER
POPS IN THE WED/THURSDAY TIME FRAME...ESP FOR THE ERN HALF OF THE
FA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  70  93  71  92 /  30  20  10  10
HOBART OK         70  92  70  93 /  40  20  20  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  72  95  72  95 /  30  20  20  10
GAGE OK           64  90  65  90 /  40  20  10  10
PONCA CITY OK     69  90  70  90 /  20  10  10  10
DURANT OK         71  94  71  92 /  20  20  20  10

&&

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

26/02
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 1:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
105 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-301200-
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-
105 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MORNING.
THUNDERSTORMS IN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING ALSO CREATED AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA AROUND NOON ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE
VERY SLOWLY... SO LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.
INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS...AND SMALL HAIL. WITH MINIMAL WIND SHEAR...
ANY STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE RELATIVELY
SHORT-LIVED. THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE MID TO
LATE EVENING AS INSTABILITY DECREASES.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY AUG 30.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...30 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS WARM AND
HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE... HOWEVER MANY LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY.
FORECAST UNCERTAINTY INCREASES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT
THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR POSSIBLE...EITHER WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM
ARRIVING FROM THE NORTHWEST...OR A TROPICAL SYSTEM BRUSHING THE
REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 7 AM
SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:50 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:10 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
310 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

OKZ013-020-292030-
NOBLE OK-PAYNE OK-
310 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLENCOE AT 310
PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 6 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN.

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

30
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
312 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

TXZ086-292030-
WICHITA TX-
312 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WICHITA COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
SIDES OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS AT 312 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10
MPH.

BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

BURKE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
320 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

OKZ012-292045-
GARFIELD OK-
320 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GARFIELD COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF BRECKENRIDGE AT
320 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 11 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM... WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING ON
ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PEOPLE IN GARFIELD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ENID...SHOULD
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

OKZ013-020-292100-
NOBLE OK-PAYNE OK-
334 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF
PERRY TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLENCOE AT 334 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT
11 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN NOBLE AND PAYNE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
STILLWATER...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble30 min
Aug 29, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne46 min
Aug 29, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan44 min
Aug 29, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita25 min
Aug 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNMajor, Woods45 min
Aug 29, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher47 min
Aug 29, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNDewey, Woodward49 min
Aug 29, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Grady31 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.