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Special Weather Statement, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this special weather statement at Nov 7, 2011, 9:31 PM CST for Tillman County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 29 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
- Nov 7, 2011, 9:31 PM CST (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
County Tillman County, OK
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Nov 7, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 7:50 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
750 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011
.DISCUSSION...
WE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH A SHORT TIME AGO...AND ARE NOW ALSO
MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO RAINFALL AND POP FORECASTS. THE BASIC
IDEA IS THAT WE EXPECT TRAINING ECHOES ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT THIS
EVENING...LEADING TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH
FLOODING. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTHWEST
OVERNIGHT AS A SURFACE WAVE MOVES FROM NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THIS SHOULD SIMILARLY
SHIFT THE HEAVIER RAINFALL NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 542 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011/
AVIATION...
A STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR KPNC TO KCSM WILL DRIFT NW TONIGHT AS
A SURFACE WAVE MOVES NE ALONG THE FRONT. AS THE ASSOCIATED UPPER
WAVE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS TOMORROW MORNING...A DRY SLOT WILL
BRING AN END TO MOST OF THE CONVECTION...FROM SW TO NE ACROSS OK/N
TX. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS...NUMEROUS
SHRA/TSRA...AND NO CLEAR ORGANIZATION OF THESE FEATURES. DUE TO
THE NATURE OF THE FORECAST CONVECTION...SOME TAF SITES WILL
PROBABLY SEE TSRA OFF-AND-ON FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 240 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011/
DISCUSSION...
CONTEMPLATED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH, BUT MOST OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING
RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...OUTSIDE OF THE AREA
THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT. NO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED
NOW. OTHERWISE, POPS WERE INCREASED TO LIKELY OR HIGHER IN AREAS
EAST OF I-35 FOR TUESDAY SINCE THE UPPER WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE
SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST. WESTERN OKLAHOMA SHOULD CLEAR
EARLY TUESDAY WITH CENTRAL PARTS OF OKLAHOMA SUBJECT TO AN
EXPECTED SQUALL LINE LATE TONIGHT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 60 64 37 57 / 90 40 10 10
HOBART OK 54 62 32 58 / 100 20 0 0
WICHITA FALLS TX 59 72 39 59 / 70 30 10 10
GAGE OK 44 49 29 55 / 60 20 0 0
PONCA CITY OK 58 63 35 54 / 100 60 10 10
DURANT OK 62 73 42 59 / 50 70 10 10
&&
.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR OKZ006>008-011-012-
014>018-021-022-033>035.
TX...NONE.
&&
23/02Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 7, 11:18 AM CST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1118 AM CST MON NOV 7 2011
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-081100-
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-
1118 AM CST MON NOV 7 2011
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. SEVERE
WEATHER IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE AREA MOST AT RISK IS WEST OF SEILING...WEATHERFORD...LAWTON AND
WICHITA FALLS.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FROM 2 PM
UNTIL 9 PM.
IMPACTS...
SOME DAMAGE TO AUTOMOBILES AND ROOFTOPS FROM LARGE HAIL. THE LARGEST
HAIL MAY BE GREATER THAN TWO INCHES DIAMETER.
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND TORNADOES.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS FROM 2 PM UNTIL
9 PM.
DISCUSSION...
A VERY HUMID AIRMASS EXISTS AND IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN ITSELF
ACROSS ALL BUT NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. THINNING CLOUDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL ALLOW WARMER SURFACE AIR TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ARRIVING FROM THE WEST WILL PROVIDE INCREASED
ENERGY TO ALLOW STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MID-AFTERNOON UNTIL MID-EVENING. THE WIND PROFILE WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A
CONSIDERABLE RISK OF TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. THE
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
PERSONS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT PARTS OF TEXAS SHOULD
REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION. IN
ADDITION TO THE TORNADO POTENTIAL...SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL.
DURING THE EVENING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN
WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY RAIN AND
DAMAGING WIND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST TO EAST
ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST TUESDAY NOV 8.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...90 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY PRODUCE SOME
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THE CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING
OVER SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA. DRY WEATHER IS THEN FORECAST FOR SEVERAL
DAYS UNTIL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON SUNDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
LIMITED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY OCCUR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY MORNINGS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AT 5 AM
TUESDAY.In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 7, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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</html>Local storm report, Nov 7, 8:35 PM CST, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
835 PM CST MON NOV 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNW PERKINS 36.00N 97.05W
11/07/2011 M66 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET
&&
DEWLocal storm report, Nov 7, 8:41 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
841 PM CST MON NOV 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNW PERKINS 36.00N 97.05W
11/07/2011 M81 MPH PAYNE OK MESONET
&&
DEWSpecial weather statement, Nov 7, 9:21 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
921 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011
OKZ019-020-024>026-028-029-080330-
CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-LINCOLN OK-LOGAN OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-
PAYNE OK-
921 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CANADIAN...CLEVELAND...
LINCOLN...LOGAN...MCCLAIN...OKLAHOMA AND PAYNE COUNTIES.
AT 919 PM CST...THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM CUSHING TO NORTH SIDES OF OKLAHOMA CITY TO UNION CITY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AND NO WARNINGS ARE ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.
LAT...LON 3622 9681 3616 9680 3617 9668 3571 9661
3524 9766 3534 9767 3533 9771 3563 9784
3626 9685Local storm report, Nov 7, 9:31 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
931 PM CST MON NOV 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM HAIL 7 SSW FORT COBB 35.01N 98.49W
11/07/2011 E1.00 INCH CADDO OK AMATEUR RADIO
&&
DWSpecial weather statement, Nov 7, 9:31 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
931 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011
OKZ023-035-037-038-TXZ085-080400-
CADDO OK-COMANCHE OK-KIOWA OK-TILLMAN OK-WILBARGER TX-
931 PM CST MON NOV 7 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS FOR CADDO...COMANCHE...KIOWA...
TILLMAN AND WILBARGER COUNTIES.
AT 931 PM CST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF WICHITA MOUNTAINS WILDLIFE REFUGE TO DAVIDSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
MINOR FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...
LAT...LON 3501 9851 3469 9859 3462 9863 3432 9873
3412 9914 3448 9903 3452 9890 3493 9874The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Kiowa and 1 more | 63 min |
| Nov 7, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 6:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Greer and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 6:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | OUN | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Greer and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Greer, Jackson, Kiowa | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 7:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | OUN | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 31 more | 15 hr |
| Nov 7, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman, Washita | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Lincoln, Logan, Payne | 44 min |
| Nov 7, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Kiowa | 53 min |
| Nov 7, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 64 min |
| Nov 7, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 46 min |
| Nov 7, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Caddo, Comanche, Grady | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 9:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma, Payne | 9 min |
| Nov 7, 10:08 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Grady | 37 min |
| Nov 7, 10:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Oklahoma | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, McClain, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie | 61 min |
| Nov 7, 11:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 42 min |
| Nov 7, 11:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Nov 7, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cleveland, Lincoln, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Seminole | 55 min |
| Nov 7, 11:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 46 min |
| Nov 7, 11:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin, McClain | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 12:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Okfuskee | 26 min |
| Nov 8, 12:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 30 min |
| Nov 8, 1:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 14 min |
| Nov 8, 1:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 1:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 5:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Nov 8, 6:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 7:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Johnston, Marshall | 45 min |
| Nov 8, 7:38 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall, Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Nov 8, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Atoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, Marshall and 1 more | 87 min |
| Nov 8, 9:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka, Bryan | 26 min |
| Nov 8, 9:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Atoka | 10 min |
| Nov 8, 3:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 16 hr |
| Nov 8, 3:12 PM CST | River Flood Warning | OUN | Logan | 18 hr |
| Nov 7, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 55 min |
| Nov 8, 2:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Knox | 22 min |
| Nov 8, 3:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 3:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor | 69 min |
| Nov 8, 4:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 42 min |
| Nov 8, 4:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 44 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.