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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Norman, OK

July 13, 2011Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT for Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Loyal, OKONE LARGE TREE AND SEVERAL 2 TO 3 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWNED WITH ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

977 
WUUS54 KOUN 132144
SVROUN
OKC073-132215-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0430.110713T2144Z-110713T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
444 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF LOYAL TO
  11 MILES WEST OF OKARCHE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH...

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGFISHER...LOYAL...OKARCHE AND
  OMEGA.

LAT...LON 3601 9821 3605 9792 3573 9791 3573 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 235DEG 9KT 3600 9822 3575 9817

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland, McClain25 min
Jul 12, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHughes22 min
Jul 12, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCleveland33 min
Jul 12, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie30 min
Jul 12, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine35 min
Jul 13, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay55 min
Jul 13, 4:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOUNKay3 hr
Jul 13, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham34 min
Jul 13, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo33 min
Jul 13, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCaddo44 min
Jul 13, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton, Jefferson, Tillman61 min
Jul 13, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady25 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills34 min
Jul 13, 3:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine42 min
Jul 13, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian43 min
Jul 13, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Kingfisher67 min
Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBlaine, Kingfisher, Major51 min
Jul 13, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMajor43 min
Jul 13, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major, Woods51 min
Jul 13, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKingfisher40 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrady51 min
Jul 13, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNMurray38 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Garfield, Major, Woods49 min
Jul 13, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCleveland, McClain43 min
Jul 13, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods35 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNPottawatomie46 min
Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNPottawatomie53 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo34 min
Jul 13, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Kiowa33 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.