Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 432, NWS Norman, OK
NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2012, 10:45 AM CDT for Woodward County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2012, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2012, 11:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Norman, OK
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Woodward County, OK
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 18, 10:24 AM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 10:24 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1024 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 .UPDATE... A QUICK UPDATE WILL BE SENT TO ADJUST POPS A BIT THROUGH THIS MORNING. && .DISCUSSION... SEVERAL AREAS/CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT THIS MORNING ACROSS OKLAHOMA. ONE IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE OKC METRO FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANOTHER EXTENDS FROM JUST EAST OF KTLX...SOUTHEAST THROUGH ATOKA COUNTY. THE LAST ONE WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. EXPECT THE SEVERE THREAT WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON WERE POCKETS OF INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP...WHICH APPEARS IT MAY BE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. POPS WERE ADJUSTED THROUGH 18Z TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS...BUT NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... OKLAHOMA CITY OK 86 65 84 61 / 60 50 20 0 HOBART OK 88 65 86 61 / 60 50 20 0 WICHITA FALLS TX 90 70 88 62 / 60 60 20 0 GAGE OK 83 58 84 53 / 70 30 10 0 PONCA CITY OK 82 61 84 58 / 70 30 10 0 DURANT OK 88 70 83 62 / 60 60 40 10 && .OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OK...NONE. TX...NONE. && 03/01
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 4:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
455 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-181700-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
455 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
LOCATION...
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDES ALL OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BRAMAN TO PONCA CITY.
TIMING...
THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM 11 AM
THROUGH 10 PM.
IMPACTS...
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. LARGE
HAIL MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TENDER VEGETATION AND AUTOMOBILES.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS...
STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE
RISK AREA SHOULD PLAN FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THIS MORNING
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MID
MORNING...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...BUT THE SEVERE THREAT WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
LATER TODAY...A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS THIS OCCURS...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD
ALLOWING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO BUILD ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. AS WEAK CAPPING
ERODES EARLY TODAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP FIRST ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS...AND ACCELERATE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA. IMPRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL DRIVE A COLD
FRONT AND GROWING COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWARD THROUGH
OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH MODERATE
INSTABILITY AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS FOR SUSTAINED
THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH AN INCREASING
THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT SUNDAY AUG 19.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA...100 PERCENT.
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF STORMS OCCUR...70 PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD. A FEW SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS THE FRONT CLEARS THE
AREA...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA...WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE
SET TO MOVE INTO OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
NOON TODAY...AND FREQUENT UPDATES MAY BE REQUIRED AS MORE DETAILS
EMERGE REGARDING SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
AUSTINIn the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 936 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 OKZ019-025-026-181500- LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-OKLAHOMA OK- 936 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT... AT 933 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARCADIA... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LUTHER AND ARCADIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. && LAT...LON 3560 9742 3572 9744 3582 9713 3559 9707 TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 258DEG 11KT 3566 9738
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 941 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 OKZ004-005-010-181530- HARPER OK-WOODWARD OK-WOODS OK- 941 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HARPER... NORTHEASTERN WOODWARD AND WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... AT 935 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SITKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNOKA...FREEDOM...AVARD AND CAMP HOUSTON. LAT...LON 3699 9860 3650 9891 3699 9963 3700 9937 TIME...MOT...LOC 1435Z 305DEG 35KT 3706 9956
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 9:57 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 957 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 OKZ018>020-024>026-181545- LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-KINGFISHER OK-PAYNE OK-CANADIAN OK- 957 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOGAN...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN... NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER...SOUTHWESTERN PAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM CDT... AT 953 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LANGSTON TO NEAR OKARCHE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDMOND...GUTHRIE...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...NICHOLS HILLS... PIEDMONT...PERKINS...LANGSTON...CASHION...RIPLEY...COYLE...ARCADIA... CIMARRON CITY...CEDAR VALLEY...MERIDIAN...NAVINA AND SEWARD. LAT...LON 3600 9677 3547 9759 3572 9794 3610 9730 TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 305DEG 18KT 3588 9752
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:21 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1021 AM
CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
OKZ019-024>026-181600-
LOGAN OK-LINCOLN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-CANADIAN OK-
1021 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN...LINCOLN...
OKLAHOMA AND EASTERN CANADIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...
AT 1018 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FROM 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MERIDIAN TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIEDMONT AND
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...BRIEF
HEAVY DOWPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. SMALL HAIL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OKLAHOMA CITY...EDMOND...MIDWEST CITY...DEL CITY...YUKON...BETHANY...
MUSTANG...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...CHOCTAW...HARRAH...NICHOLS
HILLS...SPENCER...PIEDMONT...CHANDLER...JONES...NICOMA PARK...
DAVENPORT...WELLSTON AND CARNEY.
LAT...LON 3559 9682 3546 9719 3538 9760 3538 9767
3535 9773 3563 9781 3590 9718 3593 9662
3586 9662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1518Z 276DEG 35KT 3578 9717 3561 9767Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:26 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 1026 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 OKZ004-005-010-181615- HARPER OK-WOODWARD OK-WOODS OK- 1026 AM CDT SAT AUG 18 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARPER... NORTHEASTERN WOODWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT... AT 1022 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF FREEDOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARDS INCLUDE... HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNOKA. LAT...LON 3657 9880 3641 9935 3670 9952 3682 9928 TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 308DEG 23KT 3672 9930
The office that day
Everything else NWS Norman, OK issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 7:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Alfalfa, Major, Woods | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 8:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Harper | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 8:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garfield, Kay, Major | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 8:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Kingfisher, Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Oklahoma | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woods | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 9:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Logan | 48 min |
| Aug 18, 10:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Lincoln, Oklahoma | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Woodward | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Blaine, Dewey, Kingfisher, Major | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Blaine, Canadian | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Oklahoma | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Garvin | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Carter, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Tillman | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Love | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Stephens | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Cotton | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Foard | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Baylor | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OUN | Wichita | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oklahoma, 2012Every severe thunderstorm 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.