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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Norman, OK

October 25, 201011 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2010, 10:27 PM CDT for 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2010, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2010, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2010-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 389 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
435 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 3:50 AM CDTFreeze WatchOUNEllis, Harper12 hr
Oct 26, 3:44 PM CDTFreeze WarningOUNEllis, Harper, Woods, Woodward9 hr

Nearby

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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.