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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Norman, OK

May 25, 20128 counties in Oklahoma

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2987 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2012-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham, Roger Mills33 min
May 25, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNRoger Mills32 min
May 25, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Roger Mills44 min
May 25, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCuster, Dewey, Ellis, Roger Mills30 min
May 25, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNDewey, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward60 min
May 26, 4:32 AM CDTWind AdvisoryOUNEllis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woods, Woodward15 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.