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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Norman, OK

February 10, 2009Atoka County, Oklahoma

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 2:42 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Norman, OK at 00:00Z on 2009-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1279 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 2009-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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In the hours before

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

&&

LAMERS
Special 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

&&

DW
Local 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

&&

DW
Local storm report, Feb 10, 8:44 PM CST, 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens47 min
Feb 10, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love47 min
Feb 10, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson30 min
Feb 10, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love25 min
Feb 10, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie, Seminole31 min
Feb 10, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Love30 min
Feb 10, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCarter, Murray37 min
Feb 10, 8:06 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNJohnston, Murray, Pontotoc24 min
Feb 10, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLove50 min
Feb 10, 8:26 PM CSTTornado WarningOUNCoal, Pontotoc34 min
Feb 10, 8:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJohnston, Marshall51 min
Feb 10, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Hughes, Pontotoc32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.