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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 441, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; Clay County, Wichita County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 10, 2009, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Clay County, TX, Wichita County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 10, 6:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:33 AM CDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 633 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 .AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/...LIFR/IFR CLOUDS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OK THIS MORNING... WITH CEILINGS GRADUALLY IMPROVING BY MID-DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AFFECTING THE OK TAF SITES. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF KSPS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MORNING... WITH ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 531 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009/ DISCUSSION... WILL UPDATE GRIDS/FORECASTS TO INCREASE POPS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE ELEVATED MOISTURE H85-7 INCREASES AHEAD OF UPPER WAVE. CURRENT TRENDS ARE FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE ON REGIONAL RADAR...BUT WITH HIGH CLOUD BASES SOME OF RAIN WILL EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 334 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009/ DISCUSSION... SHWRS/SPRINKLES CONT TO MOVE EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FA EARLY THIS MORNING. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EVENING STORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OK EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE DIFFUSE AND WILL EITHER BE OVERTAKEN BY A COLD FRONT LATER TODAY OR MAY EVEN DISSIPATE. FOCUS THEN SHIFTS TO THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT... SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE SW U.S. EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER TODAY/TONIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME UPPER SUPPORT FOR TODAY UNLIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS... BRINGING A BETTER CHANCE OF WIDELY SCATTERED/SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTN. WITH COOLER MID-LEVEL TEMPS ACCOMPANYING THE SHORTWAVE... MODELS SHOW THE CAP WEAKENING THIS AFTN. AS FOR THE SFC FEATURES... MODELS DISAGREE ON THE POSITIONS LATER TODAY. HOWEVER... THE NAM AND GFS SEEM TO AGREE THAT THERE WILL BE A TRIPLE POINT... FRONT... AND DRYLINE IN OR NEAR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WITH BOUNDARIES IN/NEAR THE FA AND SOME UPPER LVL SUPPORT... TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTN WITH BETTER CHANCES TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FA. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTN SO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH TONIGHT AND REMAIN IN/NEAR THE FA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...SHWRS/TSTMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MODELS THEN SHOW THE FRONT BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE THIS WEEKEND AND MOVING NORTH OF THE FA EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ALSO SHOW UPR RIDGE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INFLUENCING THE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WITH UPR RIDGE OVER THE REGION AND FRONT LIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA... CONDITIONS WILL BE HOT AND DRY EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT... THE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION WITH DEWPTS IN THE 60S AND 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE FA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 90 66 89 68 / 20 40 20 30 HOBART OK 94 67 91 66 / 20 30 20 20 WICHITA FALLS TX 92 71 96 70 / 60 30 30 30 GAGE OK 87 57 87 60 / 30 20 10 20 PONCA CITY OK 86 65 84 68 / 30 50 10 20 DURANT OK 88 72 92 72 / 60 50 30 40 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 11/25/01
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111200-
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-
1145 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFTER 1 PM.
IMPACTS...
DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES...ROOFTOPS... AND VEGETATION FROM HAIL UP TO
TWO-INCHES IN DIAMETER. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT... AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH FROM
NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. OTHER SURFACE BOUNDARIES...
INCLUDING A WEAK DRYLINE... WILL ALSO BE PRESENT ACROSS WESTERN
OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THESE BOUNDARIES WILL LIKELY BE
POINTS FOR STORM INITIATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE CAPPING INVERSION THAT LIMITED DEVELOPMENT ON
TUESDAY IS NO LONGER PRESENT. MODERATE TO HIGH INSTABILITY AND WIND
SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT THURSDAY JUN 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE MENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO REMAIN OVER OR NEAR
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH THE BOUNDARY
CLOSE BY...ALONG WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND MODERATE TO STRONG JET
STREAM FLOW...CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
THURSDAY MORNING.
30In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1230 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 OKZ016-022-035-101745- CUSTER OK-WASHITA OK-KIOWA OK- 1230 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CUSTER...KIOWA AND WASHITA COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM CANUTE TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONE WOLF AT 1230 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE... ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN CUSTER...KIOWA AND WASHITA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLINTON AND HOBART...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 30
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1240 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 TXZ083-084-101800- HARDEMAN TX-FOARD TX- 1240 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLETT TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CROWELL AT 1240 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN FOARD AND HARDEMAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF QUANAH...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 30
Local storm report, Jun 10, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Harmon, Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kiowa, Washita | 68 min |
| Jun 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson, Tillman | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love, McClain and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 10, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Payne | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 4:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Stephens | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston and 6 more | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Pontotoc, Seminole | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Coal | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Bryan | 46 min |
| Jun 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 45 min |
| Jun 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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.