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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 2009, 9:19 PM CST for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 26 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
- Feb 10, 2009, 9:19 PM CST (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2009, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Atoka County, OK
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
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, 5:44 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 5:44 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 544 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 .AVIATION... /0Z TAFS/...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SITES THIS EVENING FROM KSPS TO KLAW TO KPNC AND SOUTHEAST. STRONG WINDS AND SOME HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE TAF SITES MID TO LATE EVENING. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING SHIFTING WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT/WED MORNING. LIGHT RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AND LOW CLOUDS /1000FT OR LESS/ WILL ALSO AFFECT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OK EARLY WED MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 32/25/01
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 8:35 PM CST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:33 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
733 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0549 PM TSTM WND GST DUNCAN 34.52N 97.97W
02/10/2009 M60 MPH STEPHENS OK AMATEUR RADIO
0624 PM HAIL DUNCAN 34.52N 97.97W
02/10/2009 E0.88 INCH STEPHENS OK AMATEUR RADIO
0705 PM HAIL 4 SW LONE GROVE 34.13N 97.31W
02/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARTER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
0715 PM HAIL 1 N WILSON 34.17N 97.43W
02/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARTER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
0720 PM HAIL LONE GROVE 34.17N 97.26W
02/10/2009 E2.75 INCH CARTER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
TEXACO RD
0720 PM HAIL 2 S LONE GROVE 34.15N 97.26W
02/10/2009 E1.00 INCH CARTER OK AMATEUR RADIO
0722 PM HAIL 1 E LONE GROVE 34.17N 97.25W
02/10/2009 E1.75 INCH CARTER OK EMERGENCY MNGR
HWY 70 EAST OF KELLER RD
&&
LAMERSSpecial weather statement, Feb 10, 7:46 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 746 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 OKZ050-110215- LOVE OK- 746 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOVE COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEON AT 746 PM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT BURNEYVILLE... MARIETTA... AND THACKERVILLE. PEOPLE IN LOVE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CMS
Local storm report, Feb 10, 7:49 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
749 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TSTM WND GST WNW ARDMORE 34.17N 97.13W
02/10/2009 M58 MPH CARTER OK MESONET
&&
DWLocal storm report, Feb 10, 8:08 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
808 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL 7 N SPRINGER 34.42N 97.14W
02/10/2009 E1.00 INCH MURRAY OK EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSTATE 35 AT MILE MARKER 47
&&
DWLocal storm report, Feb 10, 8:44 PM CST, 35 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens | 47 min |
| Feb 10, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 47 min |
| Feb 10, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Jefferson, Love | 25 min |
| Feb 10, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Pottawatomie, Seminole | 31 min |
| Feb 10, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Carter, Murray | 37 min |
| Feb 10, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Johnston, Murray, Pontotoc | 24 min |
| Feb 10, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Love | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OUN | Coal, Pontotoc | 34 min |
| Feb 10, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Johnston, Marshall | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc | 32 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.