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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Norman, OK

March 24, 20099 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2009, 12:16 AM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 2009, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Carter County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 00:00Z on 2009-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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 00:00Z on 2009-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
335 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Mar 23, 6:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
631 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

.AVIATION...
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A DRYLINE
THIS EVENING THAT WILL EXTEND FROM WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO FAR
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE MOVING QUICKLY TO
THE NORTHEAST. THE DRYLINE MAY TEMPORARILY MOVE BACK TO THE WEST
FROM MID TO LATE EVENING... BEFORE BEING OVERTAKEN BY A COLD FRONT
AROUND 06Z. TAF LOCATIONS GAG AND WWR WILL LIKELY REMAIN TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF ALL TAF LOCATIONS BY 18Z
TUESDAY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009/

DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT:
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG DRYLIINE THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA.  INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITING FACTOR
AS MID AND UPPER 50 DEWPOINTS EXTEND WELL SOUTH INTO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL TEXAS. HOWEVER SHEAR PROFILES WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
FOR SUPERCELL. WILL LIKELY SEE SCATTERED STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE STORMS BECOME WIDESPREAD ALONG
ADVANCING COLD FRONT (LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT). BEST
CHANCES FOR CONVECTION AFTER 12Z TUESDAY WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE I-44 CORRIDOR WITH MOST OF THE STORMS ENDING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA BY NOON TUESDAY. WILL ALLOW RED FLAG AND WIND ADVISORY TO
EXPIRE AT 2 AND 3Z RESPECTIVELY. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN
RATHER STRONG ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FA TONIGHT...BUT SOME
DECOUPLING SHOULD KEEP WINDS BELOW ADVISORY AFTER 3Z.

TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT:
CONVECTION SHOULD END BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA
AS UPPER LOW/TROUGH LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO UPPER MIDWEST.  LIGHT SURFACE
WINDS AND DRY...COOL AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN RATHER COLD
TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SOME FREEZING TEMPERATURES
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST 1/3-1/2 OF FA.

WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
MOISTURE WILL RETURN QUICKLY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
ANOTHER WAVE.  SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH FORCING AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BEST CHANCE OF STORMS ACROSS
SOUTHERN HALF OF FA.

THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT:
STRONG WAVE/CLOSED LOW APPROACHES THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR THE END OF
THE WEEK.  EC/GFS BY 108 HOURS ARE VERY SIMILAR WITH REGARDS TO 5H
LOW. MOST OF THE AREA MAY GET DRY SLOTTED DURING THE DAY FRIDAY
WITH BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS EASTERN THIRD OF FA.
WITH WRAP AROUND PRECIP MAY SEE RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS
NORTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA FRIDAY NIGHT EARLY SATURDAY AM.

WEEKEND:
AFTER UPPER SYSTEM DEPARTS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SHOULD SEE BELOW
NORMAL TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  46  66  37  60 /  60  30   0  30
HOBART OK         42  67  35  64 /  40  10   0  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  55  73  44  65 /  50  30   0  40
GAGE OK           35  64  26  62 /  10   0   0  10
PONCA CITY OK     43  61  36  60 /  80  30   0  30
DURANT OK         61  70  40  68 /  60  70  10  40

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ004>031-
     033>042-044>047-050-051.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR OKZ004-005-
     009>011-014>016-021-022-033-034-036.

TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083>090.

     RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR TXZ083-084-087.

&&

32/06/26
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Kiowa, Tillman50 min
Mar 23, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNNoble, Payne50 min
Mar 23, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche64 min
Mar 23, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Kiowa, Tillman38 min
Mar 23, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPayne24 min
Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma44 min
Mar 23, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Comanche, Grady, Stephens49 min
Mar 23, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKiowa43 min
Mar 23, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrady, Stephens48 min
Mar 23, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Kiowa, Washita52 min
Mar 23, 10:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNCaddo, Kiowa3 hr
Mar 23, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Grady59 min
Mar 23, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWashita46 min
Mar 23, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian38 min
Mar 23, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain57 min
Mar 23, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo, Canadian, Grady52 min
Mar 23, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie31 min
Mar 24, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma51 min
Mar 24, 12:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNBlaine, Caddo, Custer115 min
Mar 24, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, Payne54 min
Mar 24, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCoal, Hughes33 min
Mar 24, 12:26 PM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNAlfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant and 9 more7 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Oklahoma, 2009Every wind advisory 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.