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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Norman, OK

August 14, 2012Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT for Beckham County, Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Norman, OK
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beckham County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

038 
WUUS54 KOUN 142229
SVROUN
OKC009-055-057-142315-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0430.120814T2229Z-120814T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
529 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BECKHAM COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN GREER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN HARMON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS 
  WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE 
  QUARTER SIZED HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
  LUTIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ERICK...TEXOLA...DELHI...VINSON AND MADGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3526 10000 3527 9998 3529 9957 3478 9967
      3478 9970 3487 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 285DEG 25KT 3510 10011 

$$

AUSTIN
1 follow-up statement
375 
WWUS54 KOUN 142258
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
558 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012

OKC009-055-057-142315-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-120814T2315Z/
HARMON OK-BECKHAM OK-GREER OK-
558 PM CDT TUE AUG 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM
CDT FOR NORTHERN HARMON...SOUTHWESTERN BECKHAM AND NORTHWESTERN
GREER COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTH OF VINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINSON AND MADGE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3511 9961 3478 9967 3478 9970 3486 9999
      3506 10000 3511 9999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 285DEG 25KT 3504 9985 

$$

AUSTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon34 min
Aug 14, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNHarmon24 min
Aug 14, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson24 min
Aug 14, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson36 min
Aug 14, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBeckham31 min
Aug 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNJackson, Tillman30 min
Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNCarter, Marshall49 min
Aug 14, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNGreer, Kiowa45 min
Aug 14, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNBryan44 min
Aug 14, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOUNJackson46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.