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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

August 3, 2011Noble County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2011, 4:46 PM CDT for Noble County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 14 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: Aug 3, 2011, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Noble County, OK

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
339 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

.DISCUSSION...
ALTHOUGH THE HEAT REMAINS THE PRIMARY WEATHER STORY... THERE WILL
BE SCATTERED STORMS TO DEAL WITH THIS EVENING. LOCAL WRF AND HRRR
FORECAST DEVELOPMENT CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA WITH THE AREA OF STORMS LIFTING NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE EVENING. HIGH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS SOUTH WILL GIVE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
ALTHOUGH STORMS ARE A CERTAINTY INTO THIS EVENING... WILL
INITIALLY KEEP POPS IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE GIVEN THE
CURRENT UNCERTAINTIES OF AREAL COVERAGE.

OTHERWISE THE HOT WEATHER CONTINUES WITH NO CHANGE IN FORECAST
PHILOSOPHY THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE FRONT AND ANY REMNANT OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES WILL KEEP NORTHERN OKLAHOMA WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER
/BUT STILL HOT/ TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. THERE STILL REMAINS THE
SIGNAL IN THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS OF THE POTENTIAL OF A SLIGHT
PATTERN SHIFT TOWARD THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THAT COULD
TAKE THE EDGE OF THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES... ALTHOUGH WILL
MAINTAIN TRIPLE DIGIT HIGHS IN THE PACKAGE AREAWIDE WITH THIS
PACKAGE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  80 108  78 106 /  20  10   0  10
HOBART OK         82 108  81 108 /  20  10   0  10
WICHITA FALLS TX  84 111  83 110 /  10  10   0  10
GAGE OK           74 102  75 106 /  30  20  20  10
PONCA CITY OK     79 107  79 105 /  30  20  20  20
DURANT OK         84 110  83 107 /  10  10   0  10

&&

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

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:30 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:40 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
444 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2011

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

0442 PM     HAIL             4 W OKLAHOMA CITY       35.47N 97.58W
08/03/2011  E1.00 INCH       OKLAHOMA           OK   PUBLIC

            THE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT NW 3RD AND PORTLAND.

&&

NWS NORMAN

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
446 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

OKZ013-032200-
NOBLE OK-
446 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR NOBLE COUNTY.

AT 447 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SOONER LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 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 3650 9703 3626 9702 3627 9731 3646 9736

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Woods	23 min
Aug 2, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harper, Woodward	25 min
Aug 3, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	29 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	31 min
Aug 3, 3:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	23 min
Aug 3, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo	36 min
Aug 3, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	30 min
Aug 3, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Canadian	23 min
Aug 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian	52 min
Aug 3, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Grady	20 min
Aug 3, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	27 min
Aug 3, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo	26 min
Aug 3, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	25 min
Aug 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma	50 min
Aug 3, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland	20 min
Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	30 min
Aug 3, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	39 min
Aug 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	21 min
Aug 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Canadian, Kingfisher	43 min
Aug 3, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Noble	39 min
Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey	27 min
Aug 3, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Kingfisher	25 min
Aug 3, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Garfield, Kingfisher	49 min
Aug 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Ellis, Harper	61 min
Aug 3, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	27 min
Aug 3, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	11 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	45 min
Aug 3, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Major, Woods	66 min
Aug 3, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield	13 min
Aug 3, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harper, Woods	61 min
Aug 3, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Dewey, Woodward	38 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.