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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Norman, OK

June 10, 2011Washita County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT for Washita County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 60 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 10, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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
Jun 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 588 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 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2372 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

.AVIATION... PREVAILING VFR. HIGH-BASED CONVECTION WILL HAVE VFR
CIGS BUT VSBY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE CONCERNS. POTENTIAL FOR
LOCAL HEAT BURSTS AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. WINDS ALL COMING AROUND TO
SE SATURDAY AS REMNANT FRONT LIFTS N.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011/

DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT FROM NORTH-CENTRAL TO FAR WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...NEAR
QUANAH...WILL PROVIDE A LOW-LEVEL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EXACTLY WHERE
STORMS FORM IS STILL UNCLEAR...WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM
DIFFERENT MODELS...AND STILL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE
SYNOPTIC SITUATION. IN ANY CASE...THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL BE
FROM SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NORTH TOWARD THE KANSAS BORDER.

WHATEVER STORMS FORM BY THIS EVENING WILL SHAPE THE OUTCOME OF
SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT
A SIMILAR SITUATION TO LAST NIGHT WILL EVOLVE...WITH A GRADUAL
DECREASE IN CONVECTION AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...AND POSSIBLE
REGENERATION AROUND SUNRISE.

A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS OKLAHOMA ON
SATURDAY...ENHANCING THE CHANCES FOR RAIN FROM ABOUT I-40 NORTH.
THIS FRONT IS THEN FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH INTO KANSAS...TAKING
MOST OF THE RAIN CHANCES WITH IT...AND RETURNING CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA TO THE HEAT OF EARLIER THIS WEEK.

FIRE WEATHER WILL BE A CONCERN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT WINDS SUFFICIENT FOR A RED FLAG
WARNING WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
BE BELOW 20 PERCENT...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THIS
CLOSELY.

THERE IS ANOTHER WEAK MID-LEVEL WAVE FORECAST TO ARRIVE ABOUT
MIDWEEK...BUT RAIN CHANCES WITH IT STILL APPEAR TO BE QUITE LOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  70  93  70  96 /  40  30  10   0
HOBART OK         71  97  73 102 /  50  20   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  76  99  72 104 /  20  10   0   0
GAGE OK           63  91  69 101 /  20  30  20  10
PONCA CITY OK     66  85  71  97 /  30  40  30  10
DURANT OK         75  96  71  97 /  10  20   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

03/24/24
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-111000-
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-
1145 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

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

LOCATION...
THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERE STORMS IS GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTHWEST OF LINE FROM WICHITA FALLS TO DUNCAN AND SEMINOLE.
FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA MAY EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE
CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS LOW.

TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 6 PM
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

IMPACTS...
SOME DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES...ROOFTOPS...AND TENDER VEGETATION FROM
LARGE HAIL GREATER THAN TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS.

DISCUSSION...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.  BY LATE
AFTERNOON...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE LOCATED ALONG AN ENID TO WATONGA
AND VERNON...TEXAS LINE.  THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ISOLATED INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS THEN INCREASE AS ADDITIONAL STORMS MOVE
INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TEXAS.  SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH CLOUD BASES WILL QUICKLY PROMOTE OUTFLOW
DOMINATED STORMS AND STORM MERGERS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH AND HAIL
NEAR THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.  LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO LIKELY.
THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE MID
TO LATE EVENING BUT THE THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE WILL REMAIN THROUGH AT
LEAST MIDNIGHT.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SATURDAY JUN 11.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL FRIDAY NIGHT...AND LIFT BACK TO NEAR OR
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ON SATURDAY. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW OF EASTERLY
SURFACE WINDS...ALONG WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL
RESULT IN A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER
IS POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A CAP BUILDS
OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM EVENTS APPEAR POSSIBLE
LATER NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER...AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHIFTS TOWARD THE
U.S. BORDER WITH MEXICO...ALLOWING JET STREAM DISTURBANCES TO EMERGE
FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS STATES.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
WITH DRY AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...ELEVATED WILDFIRE DANGERS WILL
EXIST.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY
5 AM SATURDAY.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma54 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer16 min
Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGreer52 min
Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarmon, Jackson, Tillman58 min
Jun 10, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln20 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Washita57 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer13 min
Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman18 min
Jun 10, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster15 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster16 min
Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster18 min
Jun 10, 11:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine26 min
Jun 10, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine33 min
Jun 11, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, McClain, Oklahoma30 min
Jun 11, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln17 min
Jun 11, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan22 min
Jun 11, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln26 min
Jun 11, 3:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPayne32 min
Jun 11, 4:56 AM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 5 more24 hr
Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoodward27 min
Jun 11, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper25 min
Jun 11, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLincoln34 min
Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper15 min
Jun 11, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHughes, Seminole56 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian30 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCanadian, Kingfisher52 min
Jun 11, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster16 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa28 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant32 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant42 min
Jun 11, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCuster, Dewey38 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKingfisher23 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine29 min
Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNFoard15 min
Jun 10, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNFoard, Hardeman, Knox62 min
Jun 10, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNArcher, Wichita20 min
Jun 10, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger61 min
Jun 11, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBaylor, Foard, Knox34 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.