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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 424, NWS Norman, OK

June 8, 2009Archer County, Baylor County, Texas

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT for Archer County, Baylor County, Texas. 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, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
336 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ACTIVE WX PATTERN TO CONT AS SFC BOUNDARY MOVES BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND WE MAINTAIN SOUTHWEST MID-LEVEL FLOW
OVER THE AREA.

SFC FRONT STALLS JUST SOUTH OF I-44 CORRIDOR THIS AFTN BEFORE
LIFTING BACK NORTH TONIGHT. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD BE A FOCUS FOR A
FEW TSTMS LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. INITIATION LOOKS TO TAKE
PLACE ACROSS WEST TEXAS... JUST SOUTHWEST OF CWA AND THEN FARTHER
NORTHEAST ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST OK INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY TRY TO FILL IN NEAR THE SFC FRONT ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING BEFORE ONCE AGAIN
DISSIPATING. SOUNDINGS WOULD SUPPORT ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAT BURST
TYPE SIGNATURES WITH STRONG WINDS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

LATER TONIGHT AS LLJ BECOMES ESTABLISHED COULD SEE STORMS DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA... WHICH WOULD THEN MOVE INTO KS AS LOW
LEVEL THERMAL GRADIENT RETREATS NORTH AND FRONT CONT TO LIFT NORTH
OUT OF THE AREA.

MUCH OF TUE SHOULD REMAIN DRY... WITH POSSIBLE EXCEPTION POSSIBLY
BEING NORTH CENTRAL OK IF THE FRONT HANGS UP THERE AS MORNING NAM
SUGGESTS. OTHERWISE CAP SHOULD LIMIT CONVECTION ALONG DRYLINE ACROSS
WESTERN OK TUE AFTN. SFC FRONT MAKE ANOTHER MOVE SOUTH ON WED WITH
SUPPORT OF UPPER WAVE MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS MAY WEAKEN CAP AND PROVIDE ENOUGH FORCING TO
INITIATE CONVECTION EARLY ON WED... AND POSSIBLE MORE WIDESPREAD
CONVECTION. THIS WILL CONT WED NIGHT AS MID LEVEL WAVE MOVES
ACROSS.

SFC FRONT THEN SAGS SOUTH TOWARD THE RED RIVER FOR LATTER PART OF
THE WEEK KEEPING HIGHER CHANCES LIMITED TO SE/E PORTIONS OF OK. MID
LEVEL RIDGING THEN TRIES TO BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
POSSIBLY LIMITING PRECIP CHANCES FOR A TIME OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE
RIDGE FLATTENS OUT AND ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  69  90  73  90 /  30  30  20  40
HOBART OK         69  95  72  93 /  30  20  20  30
WICHITA FALLS TX  72  96  74  94 /  30  10  20  20
GAGE OK           62  92  66  83 /  30  30  20  20
PONCA CITY OK     67  88  72  85 /  20  40  30  40
DURANT OK         71  93  74  92 /  30  10  10  20

&&

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

32/30
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
420 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

TXZ088-082145-
BAYLOR TX-
420 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BAYLOR COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOMARTON AT
421 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN BAYLOR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

MAXWELL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:46 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
446 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

TXZ088-082215-
BAYLOR TX-
446 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BAYLOR COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTOVER AT
446 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND GUSTY WINDS.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

PEOPLE IN BAYLOR COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman61 min
Jun 7, 9:51 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningOUNCaddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more3 hr
Jun 8, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay53 min
Jun 8, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Garfield, Kingfisher, Major47 min
Jun 8, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Kingfisher, Noble60 min
Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKnox41 min
Jun 8, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBaylor, Knox53 min
Jun 8, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor64 min
Jun 8, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNArcher, Baylor35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.