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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK

October 11, 2011Dewey County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2011, 9:43 PM CDT for Dewey 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: Oct 11, 2011, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

County Dewey County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Oct 11, 9:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 9:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
919 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

.DISCUSSION...
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CHANGES THIS EVENING...OTHER THAN TWEAKING
POPS BASED ON CURRENT ACTIVITY AND PROGRESSION TO THE
EAST/SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. BEST COVERAGE OF RAIN/EMBEDDED STORMS WILL
LIKELY BE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA NEAR NOSE OF MODEST LOW
LEVEL JET. COULD SEE ACTIVITY INCREASING IN COVERAGE FROM WHAT IT
IS NOW...WITH OVERALL STRENGTH JUST BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. FAIRLY
STEEP LAPSE RATES PROGD SO SOME BRIEF AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 628 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011/

AVIATION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN TX PANHANDLE...
ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE... WILL CONTINUE TO
TRACK EAST OVERNIGHT AND AFFECT MOST TERMINAL LOCATIONS. A WEAK PACIFIC
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT
OF THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS
EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011/

DISCUSSION...OUR MAIN FOCUS IS THE DIFFICULT PRECIPITATION FORECAST
FOR THE NEXT 18-24 HOURS. ADVECTION OF WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF
AN UPPER TROUGH WOULD TYPICALLY SIGNAL A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN. WE ARE
NOT SOLD...HOWEVER...ON THE COMBINATION OF LIFT...MOISTURE...AND
INSTABILITY OCCURRING IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BRING WIDESPREAD OR
PERSISTENT RAIN. MID LEVEL LIFT WILL BE MAXIMIZED NORTH OF THE
600-500 MB SPEED MAX...GENERALLY OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA.
THIS MAY RESULT IN SHOWERY RAIN AND THUNDER THAT WILL NOT BENEFIT
FROM COLD POOL GENERATION. LOW LEVEL LIFT AND INSTABILITY WILL BE
MAXIMIZED NEAR A WEAKLY DEFINED WARM FRONT APPROACHING THE RED
RIVER. THE 12Z NAM HIT THAT AREA WITH A GREATER CONCENTRATION OF
CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION. INITIAL OUTPUT FROM THE 18Z NAM AND OTHER
SHORT RANGE MODELS LOOKS SIMILAR.

WE WILL CARRY LIKELY POPS IN SOUTHERN OK AND NORTH TX OVERNIGHT...
AND ALSO IN FAR NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WILL LET CHANCE POPS RIDE IN
BETWEEN. WE ARE NOT READY TO CARRY THE LIKELY POPS INTO WEDNESDAY...
WHEN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA WILL BE MOST FAVORED. WE DID ADJUST UP TO 50
PERCENT FROM THE LESSER POPS SEEN IN MAV GUIDANCE.

THE PACIFIC JET AND SURFACE FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH TONIGHT
ARE QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY RIDGING ALOFT AND LOW LEVEL DOWNSLOPE WINDS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A MAINLY SUNNY AND WARM AFTERNOON ONCE THE
CLOUDS HAVE CLEARED WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ALSO LOOK DRY
WITH COOL MORNINGS AND WARM DAYS. SOUTH WINDS INCREASE OVER THE
WEEKEND...AND MAY LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS. THE GFS AND
ECMWF ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE WEEKEND CONDITIONS
AND ON A STRONGER COLD FRONT THAT MAY ARRIVE EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
FRONT WOULD REPRESENT ANOTHER QUICK SHOT AT RAIN...FOLLOWED BY A
COUPLE DAY PERIOD OF COOLER WEATHER.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  57  82  49  78 /  60  20   0   0
HOBART OK         55  84  48  80 /  80  10   0   0
WICHITA FALLS TX  61  82  53  82 /  60  30   0   0
GAGE OK           52  79  39  77 /  50  10   0   0
PONCA CITY OK     56  84  49  76 /  40  20   0   0
DURANT OK         60  76  54  80 /  50  50   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

11/32

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 4:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
455 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-121000-
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-
455 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BUT
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY.

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER-LEVEL STORM WILL MOVE FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES ACROSS
THE PLAINS TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST
TEXAS AND THE PANHANDLE ARE EXPECTED TO PROGRESS EASTWARD THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH AMPLE WIND SHEAR WILL BE SEEN OVER
THE REGION...INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING AFTER SUNDOWN. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL...BUT SEVERE
WEATHER CHANCES WILL BE LOW. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR STRONG STORMS
WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY OCT 12.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE NWS NORMAN
         COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS... 10 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER
AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE-35. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE LOW.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 8:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
822 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ009-014-120145-
ELLIS OK-ROGER MILLS OK-
822 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

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

AT 821 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DURHAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...

LAT...LON 3589 10000 3604 10001 3605 10000 3598 9981
      3582 9990 3588 10001

CJS

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 9:01 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
901 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ009-120215-
ELLIS OK-
901 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHEAST ELLIS COUNTY.

AT 901 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HARMON. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HARMON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...

LAT...LON 3617 9964 3615 9938 3601 9938 3601 9945
      3599 9946 3607 9969

CJS

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 9:16 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
916 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ009-014-015-120230-
DEWEY OK-ELLIS OK-ROGER MILLS OK-
916 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR WESTERN DEWEY...SOUTHEAST
ELLIS AND FAR NORTHEAST ROGER MILLS COUNTIES.

AT 915 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
CAMARGO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3616 9925 3591 9922 3593 9952 3616 9949

CJS

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 9:31 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
931 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ015-120245-
DEWEY OK-
931 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY.

AT 931 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALOGA TO 4 MILES WEST OF CAMARGO...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LAT...LON 3608 9930 3604 9894 3586 9897 3588 9936
      3595 9939 3605 9938

CJS

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 9:43 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
943 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

OKZ015-120300-
DEWEY OK-
943 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR DEWEY COUNTY.

AT 943 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CAMARGO EAST TO
NEAR TALOGA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...

LAT...LON 3612 9893 3593 9890 3593 9935 3608 9935

CJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Ellis	14 min
Oct 11, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	14 min
Oct 11, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Dewey	14 min
Oct 11, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	24 min
Oct 12, 8:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	23 min
Oct 12, 8:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Stephens	19 min
Oct 11, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hardeman	24 min
Oct 11, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hardeman	46 min
Oct 11, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman	49 min
Oct 11, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger	61 min
Oct 11, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Baylor	15 min
Oct 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	40 min
Oct 12, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Baylor, Wilbarger	67 min
Oct 12, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	65 min
Oct 12, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer, Baylor	62 min
Oct 12, 2:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Archer	21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.