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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Norman, OK

August 9, 2012Atoka County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 3:34 PM CDT for Atoka County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2012, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Atoka County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 691 Wnw Lane, OK

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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 538 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 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-280 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

049 
WUUS54 KOUN 092034
SVROUN
OKC005-092115-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0421.120809T2034Z-120809T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
334 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LANE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LANE AND MCGEE CREEK LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 9598 3429 9612 3442 9597 3431 9578
      3416 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 311DEG 18KT 3433 9600 

$$
2 follow-up statements
057 
WWUS54 KOUN 092047
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
347 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

OKC005-092115-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-120809T2115Z/
ATOKA OK-
347 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM
CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY...

AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LANE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 9599 3426 9610 3435 9596 3431 9578
      3416 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 323DEG 20KT 3424 9595 

$$
631 
WWUS54 KOUN 092110
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
410 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

OKC005-092120-
/O.EXP.KOUN.SV.W.0421.000000T0000Z-120809T2115Z/
ATOKA OK-
410 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ATOKA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3415 9599 3426 9610 3435 9596 3431 9578
      3415 9578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 311DEG 18KT 3424 9595 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAtoka15 min
Aug 8, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka, Coal42 min
Aug 8, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka32 min
Aug 9, 1:43 PM CDTRed Flag WarningOUNBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more5 hr
Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNAtoka46 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBryan52 min
Aug 9, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.