Alert archive / Oklahoma / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at Jun 16, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 86 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
- Jun 16, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2011, 11:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 19.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074 WWUS74 KOUN 170250 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 950 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 OKZ027-038-170500- /O.UPG.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110617T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0002.110617T0250Z-110617T0500Z/ GRADY-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...LAWTON 950 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: UNTIL MIDNIGHT * WINDS: SOUTH 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS. MANY AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL WILL EXPERIENCE THE DAMAGING WIND. && $$ OKZ039-044-045-170500- /O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0002.110617T0250Z-110617T0500Z/ STEPHENS-COTTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNCAN...WALTERS...WAURIKA 950 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. * TIMING: UNTIL MIDNIGHT * WINDS: SOUTH 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS 70 TO 80 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THESE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH DISTANT THUNDERSTORMS. MANY AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL WILL EXPERIENCE THE DAMAGING WIND. && $$ OKZ004>025-028-029-033>036-TXZ083-171000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110617T1000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON- GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE 950 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING: THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS MORE THAN 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES AND MAY CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AWAY. * WINDS MAY DECREASE SOME DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
969 WWUS74 KOUN 170416 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1116 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 OKZ027-038-039-044-045-170530- /O.CAN.KOUN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110617T0500Z/ GRADY-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-COTTON-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHICKASHA...LAWTON...DUNCAN...WALTERS... WAURIKA 1116 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ OKZ004>025-028-029-033>036-TXZ083-171000- /O.CON.KOUN.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110617T1000Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD- NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE- BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-HARMON- GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-HARDEMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT...WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...ENID...PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...WATONGA... KINGFISHER...GUTHRIE...STILLWATER...ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL... ANADARKO...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG...OKLAHOMA CITY...PURCELL... NORMAN...MOORE...HOLLIS...MANGUM...HOBART...ALTUS...QUANAH... CHILLICOTHE 1116 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WINDS: SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS MORE THAN 40 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD TO HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES AND MAY CAUSE LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS TO BE BLOWN AWAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OUTSIDE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Kiowa, Washita | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson, Stephens | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grant | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kay | 22 min |
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.