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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 423, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2009, 1:30 AM CDT for Garfield County, Kingfisher County, Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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 8, 2009, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2009, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Noble County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 2606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 8, 12:54 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1133 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009 OKZ026-030>032-042-080515- LINCOLN OK-POTTAWATOMIE OK-SEMINOLE OK-HUGHES OK-PONTOTOC OK- 1133 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR HUGHES...LINCOLN... PONTOTOC...POTTAWATOMIE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. DISSIPATING SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF SEMINOLE...HUGHES...AND COAL COUNTIES WILL CREATE STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS OVER THESE COUNTIES AND THOSE FARTHER NORTH TOWARD LINCOLN COUNTY. LOCATIONS AROUND SEMINOLE...PRAGUE...HOLDENVILLE...AND WETUMKA STAND THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEEING DAMAGING WINDS. WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1135 PM CDT SUN JUN 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND GST 2 WSW WOODWARD 36.42N 99.42W
06/07/2009 M58.00 MPH WOODWARD OK MESONET
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG CAPRON 36.90N 98.58W
06/07/2009 WOODS OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
AN EIGHT INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB WAS DOWNED.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG CROWELL 33.98N 99.72W
06/07/2009 FOARD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A GRAIN ELEVATOR WAS BLOWN DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
TOWN.
0620 PM TSTM WND DMG CROWELL 33.98N 99.72W
06/07/2009 FOARD TX AMATEUR RADIO
POWER LINES ARE DONWED ACROSS HIGHWAY 70 IN CROWELL.
SIGNS WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN AND A ROOF WAS DAMAGED AT A
RESIDENCE. THE TIME IS ESTIMATED.
0635 PM HAIL 14 SW CROWELL 33.84N 99.90W
06/07/2009 E0.75 INCH FOARD TX PUBLIC
0656 PM HAIL 8 SSE CROWELL 33.88N 99.67W
06/07/2009 E0.88 INCH FOARD TX PUBLIC
40 TO 50 MPH WIND WAS ALSO RERORTED.
0719 PM HAIL 3 W LOCKETT 34.08N 99.42W
06/07/2009 E0.75 INCH WILBARGER TX PUBLIC
0743 PM HAIL 11 WSW GRAYBACK 33.92N 99.35W
06/07/2009 E0.75 INCH WILBARGER TX PUBLIC
0900 PM NON-TSTM WND GST RUSH SPRINGS 34.78N 97.96W
06/07/2009 M65.00 MPH GRADY OK BROADCAST MEDIA
THE GUST WAS MEASURED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. RELAYED
BY KWTV-9.
0900 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 WNW RUSH SPRINGS 34.80N 98.02W
06/07/2009 M58.00 MPH GRADY OK MESONET
WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH WERE REPORTED FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUSH SPRINGS
WITH POWER OUT IN TOWN.
0950 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SSW WASHINGTON 34.98N 97.52W
06/07/2009 M71.00 MPH MCCLAIN OK MESONET
1055 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SHAWNEE 35.34N 96.92W
06/07/2009 M65.00 MPH POTTAWATOMIE OK BROADCAST MEDIA
THE WIND GUST WAS MEASURED ON THE EAST SIDE OF SHAWNEE.
RELAYED BY KWTV-9.
&&
TYLocal storm report, Jun 7, 11:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1143 PM CDT SUN JUN 07 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ELGIN 34.78N 98.29W
06/07/2009 M63 MPH COMANCHE OK FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
POWER LINES WERE DOWNED 3 MILES NORTH OF ELGIN ON WATTS
ROAD. THE REPORT WAS RELAYED BY THE COVE ACRES VOL. FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
&&
TYLocal storm report, Jun 8, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1208 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TECUMSEH 35.26N 96.93W
06/07/2009 POTTAWATOMIE OK EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM TECUMSEH, NORTH TO HIGHWAY
3. THREE FOOT DIAMETER TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED, AND SOME
SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF OF SEVERAL ROOFTOPS.
&&
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 9:51 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | OUN | Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Grant, Kay | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 64 min |
| Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 35 min |
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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.