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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 539, NWS Norman, OK

July 16, 2009Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2009, 4:46 PM CDT for Hughes County, Seminole County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 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
Jul 16, 2009, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2009, 5:23 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hughes County, OK, Seminole County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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
Jul 16, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 12:00Z on 2009-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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 12:00Z on 2009-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-415 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 16, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
335 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

.DISCUSSION...
AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEASTWARD FROM SW ONTARIO
INTO THE MIDWEST AND A RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
AMPLIFIES...THE CWA SHOULD BE UNDER NORTHERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL WEAK SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW...AND
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY EACH OF THESE
DISTURBANCES.

STORMS BEHIND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHED FROM NORTHWESTERN INTO
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING IN UNSTABLE AIR NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY ACCOMPANY
SOUTHEAST MOVING STORM COMPLEXES OVERNIGHT.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AND RAIN CHANCES
WILL REMAIN HIGHER RELATIVE TO THE PAST WEEK. THE HEAT ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING. ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE CWA ON SATURDAY...REINFORCING THE
UNSEASONABLY COOL AND DRY AIR. NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOW TO MID 60S ARE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY MORNING...WITH STORM CLUSTERS
DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AND MOVING TOWARD THE CWA EXPECTED
TO KEEP A FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER PRESENT AND PREVENT MORNING
LOW TEMPS FROM FALLING TOO FAR.

THE PATTERN FEATURING A WESTERN US RIDGE AND AN EASTERN US TROUGH
IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. THE
INHERITED FORECAST HAD THIS WELL COVERED AND NO CHANGES WERE MADE
BEYOND THE WEEKEND.

TAYLOR

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  69  91  65  86 /  60  10  20  10
HOBART OK         73  96  68  90 /  60  20  30  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  74  99  70  91 /  40  10  30  20
GAGE OK           63  90  60  87 /  60  30  30  20
PONCA CITY OK     66  87  63  86 /  70  10  10  10
DURANT OK         73  93  65  86 /  60  10  20  20

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ033-036>048-
     050>052.

TX...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>090.

&&

25/03
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 11:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1137 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-171200-
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-
1137 AM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND ALL OF
NORTHERN... WESTERN... CENTRAL... AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM.

IMPACTS...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS WILL
BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS BEGINNING THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA. THERE IS ENOUGH INSTABILITY IN THE MID
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO SUPPORT AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

HIGHER CHANCES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS
EVENING. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
KANSAS LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY TO FORM THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS... AND
DEVELOP INTO A LARGER COMPLEX OF STORMS THIS EVENING. AS THE
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MOVE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT FRIDAY JUL 17.
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...
HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS
HEAT INDICES OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTHERN
OKLAHOMA. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THESE AREAS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK
WILL FAVOR NIGHTTIME STORM COMPLEXES... BUT SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
FRIDAY JULY 17.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
218 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

OKZ007-161930-
GRANT OK-
218 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR GRANT COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WAKITA AT 218 PM
CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

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

..SPEG.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
411 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

OKZ024-025-162130-
CANADIAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
411 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN AND OKLAHOMA
COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDMOND AT 410
PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.  SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.  ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING NEAR PIEDMONT.
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
428 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

OKZ038-162200-
COMANCHE OK-
428 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR COMANCHE COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEERS AT 429
PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN COMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne35 min
Jul 15, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay59 min
Jul 15, 11:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNEllis3 hr
Jul 16, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGarfield, Grant, Kay, Noble65 min
Jul 16, 12:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKay4 hr
Jul 16, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Noble, Payne64 min
Jul 16, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher, Logan59 min
Jul 16, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Jefferson, Love62 min
Jul 16, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma52 min
Jul 16, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJefferson, Love63 min
Jul 16, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCarter, Murray38 min
Jul 16, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka, Coal, Johnston58 min
Jul 16, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland64 min
Jul 16, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNOklahoma36 min
Jul 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita48 min
Jul 16, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, Pottawatomie34 min
Jul 16, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Washita48 min
Jul 16, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa, Washita40 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.