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High Wind Warning 5, NWS Norman, OK

June 13, 20124 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this high wind warning at Jun 13, 2012, 4:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2012, 4:44 AM CDT (09:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK

Counties Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 5:40 AM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 59	4 Wnw Bessie, OK
Jun 13, 6:07 AM CDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 58	Burns Flat, OK	OUTFLOW WINDS FROM MESOSCALE COMPLEX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

329 
WWUS74 KOUN 130944
NPWOUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
444 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

OKZ014-016-021-022-131200-
/O.NEW.KOUN.HW.W.0005.120613T0944Z-120613T1200Z/
ROGER MILLS-CUSTER-BECKHAM-WASHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE...WEATHERFORD...CLINTON...
ELK CITY...SAYRE...CORDELL
444 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING: THROUGH 7 AM.

* WINDS: SOUTH 30 TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 TO 50
  MPH...OCCASIONALLY TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THE STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ON
  I-40 WEST OF WEATHERFORD. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

CMS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more	25 min
Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon and 6 more	45 min
Jun 13, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady and 4 more	29 min
Jun 13, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Jefferson, McClain, Stephens	47 min
Jun 13, 5:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	McClain	36 min
Jun 13, 7:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa	41 min
Jun 13, 7:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Caddo, Comanche, Greer, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	67 min
Jun 13, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Comanche, Grady, McClain	27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.