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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

June 11, 2011Lincoln County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 1:43 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2011, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Lincoln County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 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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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 10, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 11:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:45 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:11 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:43 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma	54 min
Jun 10, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	16 min
Jun 10, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer	52 min
Jun 10, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson, Tillman	58 min
Jun 10, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	20 min
Jun 10, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Washita	57 min
Jun 10, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer	13 min
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Washita	60 min
Jun 10, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	18 min
Jun 10, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	15 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	16 min
Jun 10, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	18 min
Jun 10, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	26 min
Jun 10, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	33 min
Jun 11, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma	30 min
Jun 11, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Logan	22 min
Jun 11, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	26 min
Jun 11, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	32 min
Jun 11, 4:56 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	OUN	Alfalfa, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 5 more	24 hr
Jun 11, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woodward	27 min
Jun 11, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	25 min
Jun 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Lincoln	34 min
Jun 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper	15 min
Jun 11, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes, Seminole	56 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	30 min
Jun 11, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Kingfisher	52 min
Jun 11, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Custer	16 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Alfalfa	28 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grant	32 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Grant	42 min
Jun 11, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Custer, Dewey	38 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	23 min
Jun 11, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Blaine	29 min
Jun 10, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Foard	15 min
Jun 10, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Knox	62 min
Jun 10, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Archer, Wichita	20 min
Jun 10, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger	61 min
Jun 11, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor, Foard, Knox	34 min

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Special Weather Statements in Oklahoma, 2011 Every special weather statement 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.