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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 509, NWS Norman, OK

July 4, 2009Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2009, 4:36 PM CDT for Atoka County, Coal County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2009, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Atoka County, OK, Coal County, OK

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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
Jul 4, 12:45 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 Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
306 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

.DISCUSSION...
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY BECOMING STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH-
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND IS STARTING TO LIGHT UP WITH SCATTERED
STORMS. COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MAY
SEE MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION...BUT MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY
EXPECTED WHEN BOUNDARIES MERGE THIS EVENING AND WEAK FORCING FROM
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS IMPACTS ELEVATED BOUNDARIES.
MOST OF THIS CONVECTION SHOULD BE WELL SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE-40...BUT CONFIDENCE NOT REAL HIGH HOW FAR NORTH
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXTEND OF SURFACE
FEATURES. WILL LEAVE HIGHEST POPS NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40
AND CONSIDERED GOING EVEN HIGHER ALONG RED RIVER VALLEY TOWARD AND
AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN COULD BE AN ISSUE LATER ON TONIGHT AND
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MARGINAL HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT
THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

BEFORE MID-UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN OVER THE REGION EARLY TO
MID NEXT WEEK...WE COULD SEE SOME NORTHWEST FLOW ACTIVITY AFFECT
FAR WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH AT LEAST
MONDAY MORNING. QUITE HOT BY LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH
UPPER RIDGE OVER OR JUST NORTH OF OKLAHOMA. GFS GRIDDED DATA
GENERALLY ACCEPTED WITH FIRST PERIOD TWEAKS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  71  89  67  91 /  60  10  10  10
HOBART OK         73  93  67  91 /  60  20  20  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  75  91  69  91 /  70  60  10  20
GAGE OK           65  87  63  87 /  20  10  20  20
PONCA CITY OK     69  86  63  90 /  20   0  10  10
DURANT OK         75  90  69  89 /  70  40  10  10

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 11:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-051200-
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-
1150 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRY TO
ENID... TO TALOGA AND CHEYENNE... AND INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION...
A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
INITIALLY...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER...MULTIPLE SURFACE BOUNDARIES FROM EARLIER CONVECTION...
ALONG WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN AND WESTERN
OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...WILL SERVE AS A SOURCE OF CONVERGING WINDS
FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

AHEAD OF THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S ACROSS
MUCH OF OKLAHOMA WITH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. THIS HOT WEATHER
WILL CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WITH MODERATELY HIGH INSTABILITY...AND AN
ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. HAIL JUST ABOVE SEVERE LEVELS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
MOVE SOUTH THROUGH OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS... BUT INSTABILITY WILL
DECREASE OVERNIGHT PRODUCING LOWER CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY JUL 5.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...60 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
TEMPERATURES AROUND 100 AND HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS. IF YOU ARE OUT
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TAKE
FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE SUN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY... MAINLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE LOW.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WITH A DEEP LAYER OF WARM AIR EXPECTED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FROM MID-WEEK THROUGH FRIDAY...HOT TEMPERATURES
AND ASSOCIATED HIGH HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:45 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:16 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
416 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ021-022-042130-
BECKHAM OK-WASHITA OK-
416 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM AND WASHITA
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF ELK CITY AT 416 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ043-042145-
COAL OK-
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COAL COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPS AT 414 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

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

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:18 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

OKZ033-034-042145-
GREER OK-HARMON OK-
418 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GREER AND HARMON COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF MADGE AT 419 PM
CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Jul 4, 4:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
435 PM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     HAIL             9 E CORDELL             35.30N 98.82W
07/04/2009  E0.75 INCH       WASHITA            OK   PUBLIC

0425 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 E CORDELL             35.30N 98.82W
07/04/2009  E80 MPH          WASHITA            OK   PUBLIC

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills49 min
Jul 4, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita58 min
Jul 4, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Custer, Washita62 min
Jul 4, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady62 min
Jul 4, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa42 min
Jul 4, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall53 min
Jul 4, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma38 min
Jul 4, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma41 min
Jul 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Oklahoma48 min
Jul 4, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills48 min
Jul 4, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Knox58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.