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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 663, NWS Norman, OK

August 18, 20094 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 18, 2009, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1096 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2009-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1096 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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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 Aug 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:19 PM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson57 min
Aug 19, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods65 min
Aug 19, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Washita65 min
Aug 19, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher60 min
Aug 19, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman46 min
Aug 19, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, Kingfisher and 4 more54 min
Aug 19, 7:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNNoble3 hr

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.