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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Norman, OK
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 62 min |
| May 4, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Grady | 38 min |
| May 4, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 48 min |
| May 4, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Jackson | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 63 min |
| May 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 29 min |
| May 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman | 65 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton, Tillman | 64 min |
Nearby
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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.