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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK

May 4, 2012Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at May 4, 2012, 9:37 AM CDT for Canadian County, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 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
May 4, 2012, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK

Counties Canadian County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2012-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2671 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2012-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 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.

958 
WWUS74 KOUN 041437
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
937 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

OKZ018-024-041600-
/O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0003.120504T1437Z-120504T1600Z/
KINGFISHER-CANADIAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG
937 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* WINDS: SUSTAINED 45-50 MPH...GUSTS OVER 55 MPH.

* LOCATION: IN PARTICULAR FROM EL RENO TO CALUMET...UP TO OKARCHE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BLOW LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND...MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST.

&&

$$

BURKE
1 follow-up statement
084 
WWUS74 KOUN 041600
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

OKZ018-024-041700-
/O.EXP.KOUN.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120504T1600Z/
KINGFISHER-CANADIAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGFISHER...YUKON...EL RENO...MUSTANG
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND THREAT HAD DISSIPATED.

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNTillman62 min
May 4, 7:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCaddo, Grady38 min
May 4, 8:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNOklahoma48 min
May 4, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson45 min
May 4, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman63 min
May 4, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCotton, Tillman29 min
May 4, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNComanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman65 min
May 4, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNCotton, Tillman64 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.