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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 475, NWS Norman, OK

August 6, 2011Lincoln County, Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2011, 5:42 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 6, 2011, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 6:20 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-437 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 6, 1:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
125 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

.DISCUSSION...
THE SINGLE MODULATION TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT IS IN NORTHERN
OKALHOMA TODAY TO THE NORTH OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND IN A ZONE
OF ISOLATED SHOWERS. THESE SMALL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
EVENING IN ISOLATED FASHION NORTH OF I-40 WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL
BE LOWER TONIGHT. ON SUNDAY THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
WHILE IT MOVES NORTH, BUT FURTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
KANSAS MAY KEEP IT NEAR NORTHERN OKALHOMA TOMORROW AS WELL.
OTHERWISE, INCREASING MID-LEVEL WINDS WITH THE APPROACH OF A
PRESSURE TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CAUSE HIGHER WINDS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS EFFECTIVE MONDAY
IN MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. BEYOND MONDAY, A WEAK
NORTHWEST FLOW PATTER IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THIS
WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR RAIN THERE. AREAS IN THE SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE ANY RAINFALL THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THE
HEAT WILL STAY IN PLACE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  78 108  78 109 /  20  20  10  10
HOBART OK         80 108  81 111 /  20  20  10  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  83 109  84 111 /  10  10   0   0
GAGE OK           75 105  77 104 /  30  20  20  10
PONCA CITY OK     79 106  82 107 /  30  20  20  20
DURANT OK         83 107  82 109 /  10  10   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR OKZ004>048-
     050>052.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR OKZ005>029-033>038.

TX...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR TXZ083>090.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
     FOR TXZ083>085.

&&

08/09
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
422 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-071100-
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-
422 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 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 ACROSS PORTIONS OF
OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA NEAR A SURFACE BOUNDARY WHICH EXTENDED FROM CHEYENNE TO
WATONGA TO STILLWATER LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITH HOT AND
RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE...
MOST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SOME
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING SEVERE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT
LIGHTNING THAT CAN IGNITE WILDFIRES. ALTHOUGH THE WIND AND LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS... SOME STORMS WILL ALSO BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY AUG 7.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...80 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
DANGEROUS HEAT WILL CONTINUE. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN
EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AS A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY... AT TIMES ENHANCED BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW...
REMAINS IN THE AREA. FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... OVERNIGHT
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MAY MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THESE MODERATE WINDS.. ALONG WITH HOT
WEATHER WITH LITTLE RAINFALL... WILL ELEVATE WILDFIRE CONCERNS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
439 PM CDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

0435 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE WEATHERFORD        35.55N 98.68W
08/06/2011  M58 MPH          CUSTER             OK   AWOS

&&

NWS NORMAN
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
442 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

OKZ014-021-033-034-062215-
GREER OK-HARMON OK-ROGER MILLS OK-BECKHAM OK-
442 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR BECKHAM...GREER...HARMON AND
ROGER MILLS COUNTIES.

AT 439 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM REYDON
AND CHEYENNE...DOWN TO ELK CITY...SAYRE...AND ERICK. THEY WERE
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...BUT OUTFLOW WILL SURGE SOUTH TOWARD
WILLOW...HOLLIS...AND MANGUM. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE
COMMON. IN ADDITION...THE FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY IGNITE WILDFIRES.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...
WILDFIRE STARTING LIGHTNING...

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

LAT...LON 3571 9989 3581 9938 3512 9939 3511 9941
      3509 9939 3493 9939 3471 10000 3489 10001
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:17 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
526 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

OKZ019-025-062235-
LOGAN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
526 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR LOGAN AND OKLAHOMA COUNTIES.

A STRONG WIND SHIFT WILL AFFECT THE WILDFIRE IN NORTH EDMOND.
OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE FIREGROUND BEFORE 530
PM CAUSING THE WINDS TO SHIFT TO NORTH OR NORTHWEST. WIND SPEEDS OF
50 TO 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THIS WIND SHIFT WILL AFFECT FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS. PLEASE ADVISE FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION AND STRONG WIND
SPEEDS EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3567 9715 3552 9745 3566 9759 3582 9734

..SPEG.
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:30 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNW PERKINS           36.00N 97.05W
08/06/2011  M69.00 MPH       PAYNE              OK   MESONET

0515 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNW PERKINS           36.00N 97.05W
08/06/2011  M73.00 MPH       PAYNE              OK   MESONET

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N PERKINS             36.02N 97.03W
08/06/2011                   PAYNE              OK   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. AT
            LEAST ONE SEMI BLOWN OVER

&&

MA
Local storm report, Aug 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
535 PM CDT SAT AUG 06 2011

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

0527 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE CLINTON            35.54N 98.94W
08/06/2011  M58 MPH          CUSTER             OK   AWOS

            MEASURED BY AWOS

&&

MA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay14 min
Aug 5, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield18 min
Aug 5, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGrant20 min
Aug 5, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNKay19 min
Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis18 min
Aug 5, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant30 min
Aug 5, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis12 min
Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis, Roger Mills31 min
Aug 5, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarper36 min
Aug 5, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNEllis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward44 min
Aug 6, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNWoods8 min
Aug 6, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey, Harper, Woods, Woodward29 min
Aug 6, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Major, Woods28 min
Aug 6, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGarfield, Grant31 min
Aug 6, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAlfalfa, Grant, Kay, Woods36 min
Aug 6, 2:21 PM CDTFire Weather WatchOUNAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 30 more38 hr
Aug 6, 3:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham25 min
Aug 6, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham25 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma and 1 more17 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCanadian, Lincoln, Logan, Payne26 min
Aug 6, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills36 min
Aug 6, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Logan, Payne23 min
Aug 6, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Greer, Roger Mills33 min
Aug 6, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLogan, Oklahoma56 min
Aug 6, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNLincoln, Payne64 min
Aug 6, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham, Caddo, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Washita28 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma9 min
Aug 6, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Canadian26 min
Aug 6, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Greer, Kingfisher and 6 more8 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNLogan, Oklahoma37 min

Nearby

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.