Alert archive / Oklahoma / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at May 25, 2012, 10:25 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 25, 2012, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
Counties Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997 WWUS74 KOUN 260325 NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1025 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 OKZ004>006-009>011-015-017-260600- /O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0004.120526T0325Z-120526T0600Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-DEWEY-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...ARNETT... WOODWARD...FAIRVIEW...TALOGA...WATONGA 1025 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH 1 AM. * WINDS: WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS:THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND ROOFS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH BLOWING AROUND OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
870 WWUS74 KOUN 260441 AAA NPWOUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1141 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 OKZ009-011-015-017-260545- /O.CAN.KOUN.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ ELLIS-MAJOR-DEWEY-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARNETT...FAIRVIEW...TALOGA...WATONGA 1141 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR ELLIS...MAJOR...DEWEY...AND BLAINE COUNTIES. THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF THE MENTIONED COUNTIES. $$ OKZ004>006-010-260600- /O.CON.KOUN.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120526T0600Z/ HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-WOODWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA...CHEROKEE...WOODWARD 1141 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING: STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA THROUGH 1 AM. * WINDS: WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. * IMPACTS:THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME DAMAGE TO TREES AND ROOFS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH BLOWING AROUND OBJECTS THAT ARE NOT TIED DOWN. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham, Roger Mills | 33 min |
| May 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Roger Mills | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Roger Mills | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills | 30 min |
| May 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 60 min |
| May 26, 4:32 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | OUN | Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward | 15 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every high wind warning in 2012
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.