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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 328, NWS Norman, OK

June 11, 2011Grant County, Kay County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 11:55 PM CDT for Grant County, Kay County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2011, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2801 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 11.5

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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 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
706 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS... SCATTERED STORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND N
OK. MAIN EVENT IS APT TO BE THE MCS NOW MOVING E INTO W KS. MIXED
SIGNALS AS TO HOW FAR S THIS COMPLEX WILL BUILD. GENERAL MODEL
CONSENSUS IS TO MOVE THE STORMS E AND KEEP MOST OF THE EFFECTS IN
KS. BUT WITH OUTFLOW FROM EXISTING CONVECTION KEEPING THE
EFFECTIVE SFC BOUNDARY FARTHER S... SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT APPEARS
LIKELY AT LEAST INTO NCENTRAL OK LATER TONIGHT. WILL KEEP TSRA
W/STRONG WIND POTENTIAL AT KPNC THROUGH AT LEAST 08Z. IMPROVEMENT
ON SUNDAY WITH RH PROGS SHOWING DRY AIR TAKING OVER AT ALL
LEVELS... SO CLR SKIES AND GUSTY S TO SW WINDS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011/

DISCUSSION...SOMEWHAT DIFFUSE WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT SLOWLY
NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL OK THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED HIGH BASED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM WCNTRL
INTO ECNTRL OK...POSSIBLY AIDED BY WEAK IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH THE
TX PANHANDLE. LOCAL MODEL DEVELOPS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
AND NORTH OF THE FRONT LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SOME
SUPPORT FROM OTHER MODELS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
THE FA THIS AFTERNOON BUT TREND IS NOT AS CONSISTENT. BETTER
THREAT APPEARS TO BE FOR STORMS TO INITIATE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS
TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS MAY BECOME MORE
ORGANIZED AND MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OFF THE HIGH PLAINS TOWARD
NRN PARTS OF THE FOREAST AREA AIDED BY A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL
JET TONIGHT. THUS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS FOR TONIGHT NEAR THE
NRN BORDER WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES FARTHER SOUTH. SOME ACTIVITY
MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING OVER NCNTRL OK BEFORE ENDING. DRY
FORECAST ON SUNDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA
AND SURFACE BOUNDARY LIFTS WELL NORTH. VEERING LOW LEVEL FLOW IN
WRN PARTS OF OK WILL ALLOW RH TO DROP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
COMBINED WITH HOT TEMPS AND BRISK WINDS WILL ELEVATE FIRE WX
THREAT. FIRE WEATHER WATCH ALREADY IN PLACE FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST
OK. SOME AREAS IN THE CURRENT WATCH MAY RECEIVE PRECIP OVERNIGHT
AND AND GIVEN UNCERTAINTY OVER AMOUNTS AND COVERAGE OF PRECIP WILL
LEAVE WATCH AS IS FOR NOW. DRY FORECAST EXPECTED TO PERSIST EARLY
IN THE WEEK WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE
WITH SOME LOW POPS MID WEEK AS UPPER TROUGH SLIDES EASTWARD THROUGH
THE CENTRAL/NRN PLAINS. THIS FEATURE THEN MOVES OFF TO THE EAST
WITH UPPER RIDGE BUILDING BACK INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. BY LATE IN
THE WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  70  95  73  96 /  20  10  10   0
HOBART OK         74 101  74 102 /  20  10  10   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  73 101  73 103 /  20   0   0   0
GAGE OK           68 101  70 104 /  40  10  10  10
PONCA CITY OK     69  95  72  97 /  40  20  10  10
DURANT OK         73  97  71  95 /  20   0   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
     FOR OKZ004>006-009>011-014>016-021-022.

TX...NONE.
&&

03/24/24

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 11:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1025 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     HAIL             12 SE WOODWARD          36.31N 99.24W
06/11/2011  E1.00 INCH       WOODWARD           OK   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 270 AND
            50.

&&

NWS NORMAN

Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1041 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 PM     TORNADO          6 N SHATTUCK            36.36N 99.88W
06/11/2011                   ELLIS              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED CROSSING HIGHWAY 15, 6.5 MILES
            NORTH OF SHATTUCK. TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED
            AT THIS LOCATION, AND A RESIDENCE AND SEVERAL
            OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED A MILE AND A HALF TO THE WEST.

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:08 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1108 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

OKZ015-120430-
DEWEY OK-
1108 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY.

AT 1108 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
VICI...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED OR STORMS THREATEN YOU.

LAT...LON 3616 9937 3616 9864 3582 9937 3615 9938

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:14 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1114 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

OKZ009-014-120445-
ROGER MILLS OK-ELLIS OK-
1114 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS
COUNTIES.

AT 1114 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HARMON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3617 9959 3616 9938 3570 9938 3611 9988

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:39 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1139 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 PM     TSTM WND GST     14 ENE CHEROKEE         36.83N 98.12W
06/11/2011  E65 MPH          ALFALFA            OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            HIGHWAYS 38 AND 11.

1130 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW MEDFORD            36.80N 97.75W
06/11/2011  M72 MPH          GRANT              OK   MESONET

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 11:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

OKZ006>008-011>013-015>018-120515-
DEWEY OK-BLAINE OK-KINGFISHER OK-GARFIELD OK-NOBLE OK-KAY OK-
CUSTER OK-ALFALFA OK-GRANT OK-MAJOR OK-
1145 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR ALFALFA...BLAINE...CUSTER...
DEWEY...GARFIELD...GRANT...KAY...KINGFISHER...MAJOR AND NOBLE
COUNTIES.

AT 1145 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 4
MILES EAST OF RENFROW TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOSS RESERVOIR...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 3699 9705 3647 9705 3548 9901 3547 9936
      3594 9937 3656 9824 3699 9778

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey	37 min
Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	33 min
Jun 11, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine	39 min
Jun 11, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	37 min
Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant	45 min
Jun 11, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis	48 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	62 min
Jun 11, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	31 min
Jun 11, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	OUN	Ellis, Woodward	48 min
Jun 11, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher	25 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	22 min
Jun 11, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woods	48 min
Jun 11, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	60 min
Jun 11, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	39 min
Jun 11, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	31 min
Jun 11, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	32 min
Jun 11, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis	32 min
Jun 11, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Noble	28 min
Jun 11, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Woodward	36 min
Jun 11, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Woods, Woodward	45 min
Jun 11, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	22 min
Jun 11, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Roger Mills	31 min
Jun 11, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Kay and 2 more	30 min
Jun 12, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield	55 min
Jun 12, 12:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Garfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Payne	81 min
Jun 12, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine, Kingfisher, Logan	26 min
Jun 12, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher, Logan	31 min
Jun 12, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan, Payne	20 min
Jun 12, 4:54 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 5 more	24 hr

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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.