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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 468, NWS Norman, OK

September 25, 201214 counties in Oklahoma

NWS Norman, OK issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 9:07 PM CDT for 14 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 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: Sep 25, 2012, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Norman, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Sep 25, 9:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 66	2 Ssw Minco, OK

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 33 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 620 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

886 
WUUS54 KOUN 260207
SVROUN
OKC011-015-017-027-031-051-055-073-075-081-083-087-109-149-260300-
/O.NEW.KOUN.SV.W.0468.120926T0207Z-120926T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
907 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  CADDO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  CANADIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHERN GRADY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  EAST CENTRAL GREER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHERN KINGFISHER COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA...
  EXTREME WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHITA COUNTY IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF OKARCHE
  TO EL RENO TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OKLAHOMA CITY...EDMOND...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...DEL CITY...
  EL RENO...CHICKASHA...GUTHRIE...KINGFISHER...HOBART...YUKON...
  BETHANY...CONCHO...MUSTANG...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...
  CHOCTAW...ANADARKO...NEWCASTLE AND HARRAH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3511 9925 3540 9860 3585 9837 3593 9713
      3550 9713 3480 9812 3487 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 268DEG 29KT 3578 9801 3552 9799 3494 9892 

$$

MAXWELL

1 follow-up statement

749 
WWUS54 KOUN 260240
SVSOUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
940 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

OKC011-055-260250-
/O.CAN.KOUN.SV.W.0468.000000T0000Z-120926T0300Z/
BLAINE OK-GREER OK-
940 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BLAINE AND
EAST CENTRAL GREER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA. THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3516 9901 3542 9830 3588 9794 3593 9713
      3550 9713 3480 9812 3486 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 274DEG 34KT 3580 9762 3542 9769 3484 9862 

$$

OKC015-017-027-031-051-073-075-081-083-087-109-149-260300-
/O.CON.KOUN.SV.W.0468.000000T0000Z-120926T0300Z/
LINCOLN OK-MCCLAIN OK-OKLAHOMA OK-KINGFISHER OK-COMANCHE OK-GRADY OK-
CADDO OK-WASHITA OK-CANADIAN OK-CLEVELAND OK-KIOWA OK-LOGAN OK-
940 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT FOR EXTREME WESTERN LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN MCCLAIN...OKLAHOMA...
SOUTHEASTERN KINGFISHER...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHERN
GRADY...CADDO...SOUTHEASTERN WASHITA...CANADIAN...NORTHWESTERN
CLEVELAND...NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CASHION TO MUSTANG TO MEERS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OKLAHOMA CITY...EDMOND...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...DEL CITY...EL RENO...
CHICKASHA...GUTHRIE...KINGFISHER...YUKON...BETHANY...CONCHO...
MUSTANG...THE VILLAGE...WARR ACRES...CHOCTAW...ANADARKO...
NEWCASTLE...HARRAH AND TUTTLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3516 9901 3542 9830 3588 9794 3593 9713
      3550 9713 3480 9812 3486 9911
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 274DEG 34KT 3580 9762 3542 9769 3484 9862 

$$

MAXWELL

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 Sep 25, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
906 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FORECAST TO ADJUST POPS TO HANDLE BROKEN LINE OF STORMS
MOVING INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. STILL BELIEVE THAT STORMS WILL
WEAKEN OVER OR JUST WEST OF I-35 CORRIDOR AS THEY MOVE INTO
GREATER/DEEPER CIN WHERE WE SEE LOWER DEWPOINTS. MAINLY A WIND
EVENT LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS AND WEST OF THE OKC METRO.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
OKLAHOMA CITY OK  69  90  69  86 /  60  10  20  10
HOBART OK         68  90  69  85 /  60  10  30  20
WICHITA FALLS TX  73  92  70  90 /  50  10  10  10
GAGE OK           64  86  64  81 /  20  20  60  50
PONCA CITY OK     68  82  66  82 /  60  30  50  40
DURANT OK         73  90  70  88 /  10  10   0   0

&&

.OUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

11/25

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 8:10 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
810 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-261000-
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-
810 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN...WESTERN...
CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA...AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE IS RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 1 AM ACROSS
SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...AND MOST OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

LOCATION...
THE RISK AREA GENERALLY INCLUDES ALL BUT FAR NORTHWEST AND FAR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

DISCUSSION...
A MINOR MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER THE REGION WILL RESULT
IN CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT...ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE
PRESENT TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS. AFTER
MIDNIGHT...INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE SUFFICIENTLY TO
MINIMIZE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

HAIL SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH
WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN
DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRE IGNITION.

PROBABILITY TABLE...
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CDT WEDNESDAY SEP 26.
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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY THOUGH
SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THROUGH FRIDAY.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
NONE.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM
WEDNESDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:19 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
819 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW WEATHERFORD       35.50N 98.77W
09/25/2012  M59 MPH          CUSTER             OK   MESONET

&&

FM

Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:22 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
822 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0809 PM     HAIL             1 SSE HOMESTEAD         36.14N 98.39W
09/25/2012  E2.00 INCH       BLAINE             OK   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

FM

Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:26 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
826 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0816 PM     HAIL             GILLILAND               33.73N 99.68W
09/25/2012  E1.25 INCH       KNOX               TX   PUBLIC

&&

FM

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:33 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
833 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

OKZ033-034-036-260200-
HARMON OK-GREER OK-JACKSON OK-
833 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARMON...SOUTHERN
GREER AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 832 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOULD...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OLUSTEE...DUKE...GOULD...MARTHA...MCQUEEN AND HESTER.

LAT...LON 3480 9981 3482 9939 3449 9937 3452 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 267DEG 25KT 3462 9976

MAXWELL

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:51 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
851 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

TXZ084-085-087-088-260215-
BAYLOR TX-WILBARGER TX-FOARD TX-KNOX TX-
851 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BAYLOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WILBARGER...SOUTHEASTERN FOARD AND NORTHEASTERN KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 850 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GILLILAND...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE KEMP.

LAT...LON 3383 9964 3398 9932 3375 9918 3366 9956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 250DEG 15KT 3380 9949

MAXWELL

Local storm report, Sep 25, 8:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
858 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW WEATHERFORD       35.50N 98.77W
09/25/2012  M61 MPH          CUSTER             OK   MESONET

&&

FM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Washita	63 min
Sep 25, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Beckham, Greer, Harmon	38 min
Sep 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Major	47 min
Sep 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	36 min
Sep 25, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Greer, Kiowa	63 min
Sep 25, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Kiowa and 1 more	47 min
Sep 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jackson	27 min
Sep 25, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Harmon, Jackson, Tillman	67 min
Sep 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	56 min
Sep 25, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Garvin, Grady and 5 more	50 min
Sep 25, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Oklahoma	24 min
Sep 25, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Comanche, Kiowa, Tillman	32 min
Sep 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Cleveland, Grady, McClain	45 min
Sep 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garvin, Stephens	25 min
Sep 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	35 min
Sep 26, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Payne	32 min
Sep 26, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Major	27 min
Sep 26, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Payne	24 min
Sep 26, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	37 min
Sep 26, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Comanche	28 min
Sep 26, 3:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Bryan	37 min
Sep 26, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Jefferson, Stephens	23 min
Sep 26, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Carter, Garvin, Murray, Stephens	42 min
Sep 26, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter	36 min
Sep 26, 5:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Carter, Love	34 min
Sep 26, 6:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Marshall	34 min
Sep 26, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	58 min
Sep 26, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	28 min
Sep 26, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OUN	Hughes	66 min
Sep 26, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Hughes	41 min
Sep 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OUN	Hughes	3 hr
Sep 26, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	OUN	Harmon	36 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.