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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Norman, OK

February 10, 2009Canadian County, Logan County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2009, 4:03 PM CST for Canadian County, Logan County, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2009, 4:03 PM CST (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Feb 10, 2009, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Canadian County, OK, Logan County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 10, 4:10 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	5 Nnw The Village, OK	QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
Feb 10, 4:25 PM CST	HAIL 1.25	6 Nnw The Village, OK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 10, 12:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KOUN 102203
SVROUN
OKC017-083-109-102230-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0013.090210T2203Z-090210T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
403 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 402 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA CITY...6 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
  TENNIS BALLS IS LIEKLY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GUTHRIE...NAVINA...NORTHWESTERN
  EDMOND...PIEDMONT...SEWARD...WESTERN OKLAHOMA CITY AND YUKON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 158.

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 3581 9717 3544 9786 3572 9773 3573 9771
      3573 9767 3576 9767 3590 9743
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 226DEG 35KT 3562 9763

$$
WR

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 Feb 10, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
150 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

.DISCUSSION...
18Z SOUNDING FROM OUN/FWD INDICATES CAP IS NEARLY ERODED FROM FWD
SOUNDING WHILE SOME WORK IS STILL NEEDED FARTHER NORTH.  SATELLITE
IMAGERY INDICATES LEAD WAVE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN/NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH CONVECTION DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE IN
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT AS MAIN SYSTEM NEARS AND
STRONG 120-130 KT JET LIFTS ACROSS TX/OK THAT DEEP CONVECTION WILL
DEVELOP NEAR A SHARPENING DRYLINE.

LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS CAPE VALUES BETWEEN 1500 TO NEAR 2000 J/KG
ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN OK. STORMS MAY
INITIALLY BE WIDELY SCATTERED BEFORE NUMEROUS STORMS FORM IN A
LINEAR MODE AS STRONGER FORCING OVERSPREADS THE AREA.

SEVERE CONVECTION SHOULD EXIT MOST OF THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT WITH SOME
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  CAA
WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.  A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS NW/NC/WC OKLAHOMA FROM NEAR 9Z INTO LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY.

CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH CLEARING
SKIES AND LESS WIND.

WILL KEEP IN SLIGHT/CHANCE POPS ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN OKLAHOMA FOR
NEXT WAVE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS.  COOLER/COLDER
AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE SHORTWAVE ON FRIDAY.  TWO
MORE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION IN A PROGRESSIVE FLOW.  TIMING
AND AMPLITUDE OF EACH SYSTEM VARIES BETWEEN THE GFS AND EC.  AT THIS
TIME... WILL ADVERTISE THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION TO BE IN THE MONDAY
TO MONDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  42  62  35  62 /  70  10   0  10
HOBART OK         41  62  36  63 /  40  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  46  68  37  67 /  40   0   0  10
GAGE OK           36  59  30  60 /  40  10   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     42  54  35  60 /  70  40   0  10
DURANT OK         50  67  39  64 /  90  10   0  10

&&

SIX

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 11:50 AM CST, 4 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111300-
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-
1150 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A MODERATE AND SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE MODERATE RISK AREA IS GENERALLY EAST OF A WICHITA FALLS TO
KINGFISHER TO STILLWATER LINE. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA EXTENDS
WEST OF THE MODERATE AREA AND IS ALONG AND EAST OF A CHEROKEE TO
ALTUS LINE.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
2 PM UNTIL 11 PM.

IMPACTS...
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO
80 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS. TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY...
INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOIST AIR IS INCREASING
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE DAY AS
SOUTH WINDS PREVAIL. THE INCREASED MOISTURE WILL AID IN
DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIRMASS THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND SHEAR ALSO
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTH TEXAS ALONG AN EASTWARD
ADVANCING DRYLINE. DAMAGING WINDS ...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL
BE POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA WHERE MOISTURE AND WIND SHEAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MAXIMIZED.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY FEB 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...90 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS WILL SEE AN ELEVATED
RISK OF WILDFIRES AS A DRYLINE ADVANCES EAST.  GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL
RESULT IN INCREASED WILDFIRE POTENTIAL.

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

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
NONE.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:27 PM CST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
327 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0255 PM     HAIL             3 WNW APACHE            34.91N 98.41W
02/10/2009  E1.25 INCH       CADDO              OK   AMATEUR RADIO

            DAMAGE TO A CAR WINDSHIELD

&&

CRILEY

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:41 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
341 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0335 PM     HAIL             EDMOND                  35.65N 97.48W
02/10/2009  E1.75 INCH       OKLAHOMA           OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SANTA FE AND COVELL

&&

CRILEY

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:48 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
348 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0305 PM     TORNADO          3 WSW EDMOND            35.64N 97.53W
02/10/2009                   OKLAHOMA           OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO LASTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. TORNADO WAS
            CONFIRMED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. TORNADO APPEARED TO TRAVEL
            THROUGH THE NW SIDES OF EDMOND. RECEIVED DAMAGE REPORTS
            ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE. BETWEEN 149TH AND 156TH. THIS
            INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE
            KNOWN TOMORROW.

&&

CRILEY

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:51 PM CST, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
351 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0350 PM     HAIL             10 S GUTHRIE            35.74N 97.42W
02/10/2009  E2.75 INCH       LOGAN              OK   STORM CHASER

&&

CRILEY

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:58 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
358 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0355 PM     HAIL             COYLE                   35.95N 97.24W
02/10/2009  E1.75 INCH       LOGAN              OK   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED BY COYLE POLICE

&&

CR/AJL

Local storm report, Feb 10, 3:59 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
359 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

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

0353 PM     HAIL             GUTHRIE                 35.88N 97.42W
02/10/2009  E2.75 INCH       LOGAN              OK   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORTED BY KFOR TV

&&

CR/AJL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 1:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	50 min
Feb 10, 1:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Tillman	49 min
Feb 10, 2:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	28 min
Feb 10, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Grady	46 min
Feb 10, 2:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Kiowa, Washita	38 min
Feb 10, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Oklahoma	31 min
Feb 10, 2:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	49 min
Feb 10, 3:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian, Oklahoma	37 min
Feb 10, 3:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa	50 min
Feb 10, 3:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	32 min
Feb 10, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian	44 min
Feb 10, 3:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Canadian	28 min
Feb 10, 3:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan	17 min
Feb 10, 3:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Grady	46 min
Feb 10, 3:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	OUN	Payne	30 min
Feb 10, 3:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	17 min
Feb 10, 4:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne	44 min
Feb 10, 4:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton, Tillman	48 min
Feb 10, 4:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne	3 hr
Feb 10, 4:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Payne	40 min
Feb 10, 4:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche	34 min
Feb 10, 4:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Logan, Oklahoma	61 min
Feb 10, 4:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Payne	43 min
Feb 10, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Grady	40 min
Feb 10, 4:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Stephens	35 min
Feb 10, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cotton	30 min
Feb 10, 5:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Garvin, Grady, McClain, Stephens	43 min
Feb 10, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Logan, Noble, Payne	47 min
Feb 10, 5:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.